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Jankovich Cave

Hungary Hungary Cave

Jankovich Cave

10 °C inside, all year.

See the descentHow to visit

Antissimo · CC BY-SA 4.0

The descent

The entrance, at 350 m.

The real relief above Jankovich Cave, measured on the Copernicus model every 30 m, and the cave going down at the same vertical scale.

depth not publishedEntrance1.0 kmvertical × 8.9depth not publishedEntrance1.0 kmvertical × 19.3

The depth is the one published by those who explored it; the shape of the galleries is a sketch, not a survey. No depth has been published for this cave yet.

350m

Entrance altitude

from the 30 m relief model

10°C

Inside, all year

the yearly average outside, at the entrance

26m

Rock above

the highest point within 1.5 km

Inside and outside

10 °C inside, all year.

Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 10 °C here, in January and in August. In July the afternoon reaches 28 °C at the entrance, 18 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket. The best months to escape the heat are from July to August.

outside, at the entrance (350 m)inside
  1. 0°-6°Jan
  2. 3°-5°Feb
  3. 9°-1°Mar
  4. 16°4°Apr
  5. 21°9°May
  6. 25°14°Jun
  7. 28°16°Jul
  8. 28°15°Aug
  9. 22°10°Sep
  10. 15°4°Oct
  11. 8°0°Nov
  12. 1°-4°Dec
Inside: 10 °C all yearEscape the heat: Jul–AugFrost outside: Dec–FebWettest: Jun

Outside: afternoon and night averages for 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the entrance. Inside: the yearly average, which deep parts of a cave keep. Near the entrance it follows the weather a little.

Cave in Hungary

Jankovich Cave is a cave in Hungary. The entrance is at 350 m.

Getting there.

  • Wild cave: only with caving equipmentNo paths or lights inside. Go only with a caving club or a qualified guide.
  • Bajótnearest town · 1.5 km in a straight line
  • Viewpointsnearest viewpoint · 0.0 km from the entrance
  • Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 61 km in a straight lineCar hire at BUD airport (Budapest)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above.

The ground above the cave, with the relief shaded, the line of the section and what people have mapped around the entrance.

The ground above Jankovich Cave (Sentinel-2) N 1.5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6.0 × 6.0 km, north up. The line is the section above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the entrance.

  • 17other cave entrances within 3 kmJankovich-barlang, Baits-barlang, Szalay-barlang and 14 more
  • 6springs within 2 kmMária-kút, Szent-kút, Öreg-kő-forrás and 3 more
  • 16viewpoints within 3 kmSzép kilátás az Öreg-kő felé and 15 more
  • 16marked hiking routes within 3 kmMária-út, M10-02 (Vértestolna – Péliföldszentkereszt), Mária-út, M10-03 (Péliföldszentkereszt – Esztergom), Z (Bajót – Nyergesújfalu – Mogyorósbánya – Péliföldszentkereszt - Nagysáp) and 13 more
  • 3climbing crags within 3 kmFalmászóhely, Sziklamászás
  • 9car parks within 2 km
  • 10information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
  • 9bus stops within 2 km
  • 1campsites within 8 km
  • 16hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmRancs Fogadó, Kvint Vendégház, Kőszegi Sándor falusi vendéglátó and 13 more
  • 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • sinkholes within 3 km
  • caving clubs and spots within 15 km
  • named waterfalls within 4 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the entrance. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

  • Bajót1.5 km in a straight line
  • Nyergesújfalu4.3 km in a straight line
  • Tát5.8 km in a straight line
  • Tokod6.2 km in a straight line
  • Lábatlan6.5 km in a straight line
  • Bajna7.9 km in a straight line
  • Mužla7.9 km in a straight line
  • Obid8.1 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Jankovich Cave.

The river at the entrance, the waterfalls, the lakes, the mountains and volcanoes above, the canyons, beaches and islands nearby — from our other atlases.

Peakyas5 mountains within 10 km
Öreg-kő · 0.1 kmPisznice · 6.2 kmKörtvélyes · 7.0 kmNagy-Gete · 8.2 kmÖreg-hegy · 9.8 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather outside, at the entrance.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon0391621252828221581
Afternoon0391621252828221581
Night-6-5-1491416151040-4
Rain (mm)394041356570666357504443
Rainy days887812111198899
Sun hours/day1.83.25.07.17.88.58.88.36.14.42.21.1
Snow on the ground (cm)151250000000414
AfternoonAfternoonNightRain (mm)Sun hours/day
Jan00-6391.8
Feb33-5403.2
Mar99-1415.0
Apr16164357.1
May21219657.8
Jun252514708.5
Jul282816668.8
Aug282815638.3
Sep222210576.1
Oct15154504.4
Nov880442.2
Dec11-4431.1

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (350 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Photographs

Inside and around.

Jankovich Cave 2
Antissimo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jankovich Hoehle cave Ungarn Hungary 2016-04-01 1
Thilo Parg · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jankovich-barlang alsó bejárat
Szenti Tamás · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202041%86%109%29%46%161%119%97%88%250%49%100%
202177%109%20%118%146%17%111%81%42%60%114%129%
202216%42%45%168%39%78%39%77%173%23%106%176%
2023264%154%90%107%119%111%107%148%56%135%210%232%
202484%71%70%115%72%83%23%48%90%65%41%44%
202530%26%113%84%41%9%58%67%56%44%110%24%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Caves nearby.

Jankovich Cave

Hungary

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 350 mEntrance altitude
  • 10 °CInside, all year

Szelim cave

Hungary · 19 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 290 mEntrance altitude
  • 10 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Bátori Cave

Hungary · 35 km

  • 50 mDepth
  • 0.4 kmGalleries
  • 440 mEntrance altitude
  • 9 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Pál-völgy Cave

Hungary · 39 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 209 mEntrance altitude
  • 11 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length, visitorsWikidata (Q1099759) · CC0
The relief above, the entrance altitude, the section and the 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Entrances, springs, sinkholes, opening hours and what is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, lakes, mountains, canyons, beaches and islands nearbyCoastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, month by month, in seven languages.

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dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Coming soonVisit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Coming soonVisit
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