Sergey Averchenko · CC BY-SA 4.0
The descent
The entrance, at 281 m.
The real relief above Laklinskaya Cave, measured on the Copernicus model every 30 m, and the cave going down at the same vertical scale.
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.
281m
Entrance altitude
from the 30 m relief model
3°C
Inside, all year
the yearly average outside, at the entrance
121m
Rock above
the highest point within 1.5 km
Inside and outside
3 °C inside, all year.
Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 3 °C here, in January and in August. In July the afternoon reaches 24 °C at the entrance, 22 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket.
- -10°-17°Jan
- -8°-16°Feb
- -2°-9°Mar
- 8°-1°Apr
- 18°6°May
- 21°11°Jun
- 24°14°Jul
- 23°12°Aug
- 16°6°Sep
- 6°0°Oct
- -2°-8°Nov
- -9°-15°Dec
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 Russia
Laklinskaya Cave is a cave in Russia. The entrance is at 281 m.
Getting there.
- Wild cave: only with caving equipmentNo paths or lights inside. Go only with a caving club or a qualified guide.
- Mezhevoynearest town · 16 km in a straight line
- Ufa International Airport (UFA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 184 km in a straight line
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.
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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.
- 1other cave entrances within 3 kmЛаклинская
- 3springs within 2 km
- 2car parks within 2 km
- 1information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
- 24campsites within 8 kmКемпинг «Туймазы», Кемпинг на реке Ай and 22 more
- sinkholes within 3 km
- caving clubs and spots within 15 km
- viewpoints within 3 km
- marked hiking routes within 3 km
- climbing crags within 3 km
- named waterfalls within 4 km
- bus stops within 2 km
- hotels and guesthouses within 8 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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
- Mezhevoy16 km in a straight line
- Mursalimkino18 km in a straight line
- Verkhniye Kigi24 km in a straight line
- Maloyaz24 km in a straight line
Month by month
The weather outside, at the entrance.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon | -10 | -8 | -2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 16 | 6 | -2 | -9 |
| Afternoon | -10 | -8 | -2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 16 | 6 | -2 | -9 |
| Night | -17 | -16 | -9 | -1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | -8 | -15 |
| Rain (mm) | 28 | 26 | 37 | 44 | 70 | 80 | 84 | 70 | 58 | 61 | 40 | 31 |
| Rainy days | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
| Sun hours/day | 2.5 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 36 | 42 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 26 |
| Afternoon | Afternoon | Night | Rain (mm) | Sun hours/day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -10 | -10 | -17 | 28 | 2.5 |
| Feb | -8 | -8 | -16 | 26 | 4.7 |
| Mar | -2 | -2 | -9 | 37 | 6.2 |
| Apr | 8 | 8 | -1 | 44 | 6.8 |
| May | 18 | 18 | 6 | 70 | 7.8 |
| Jun | 21 | 21 | 11 | 80 | 8.0 |
| Jul | 24 | 24 | 14 | 84 | 8.1 |
| Aug | 23 | 23 | 12 | 70 | 6.1 |
| Sep | 16 | 16 | 6 | 58 | 4.3 |
| Oct | 6 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 1.8 |
| Nov | -2 | -2 | -8 | 40 | 1.0 |
| Dec | -9 | -9 | -15 | 31 | 1.5 |
Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (281 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 140% | 184% | 109% | 161% | 45% | 75% | 117% | 178% | 125% | 67% | 76% | 54% |
| 2021 | 178% | 131% | 92% | 69% | 26% | 69% | 84% | 16% | 97% | 87% | 87% | 118% |
| 2022 | 97% | 114% | 100% | 153% | 150% | 165% | 80% | 18% | 127% | 64% | 172% | 84% |
| 2023 | 86% | 95% | 80% | 72% | 27% | 70% | 59% | 147% | 128% | 148% | 196% | 148% |
| 2024 | 124% | 81% | 70% | 101% | 111% | 192% | 217% | 164% | 39% | 54% | 104% | 111% |
| 2025 | 153% | 41% | 149% | 200% | 88% | 141% | 157% | 154% | 118% | 90% | 151% | 141% |
130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month
Where these figures come from
| Name, type, published depth and length, visitors | Wikidata (Q19909021) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| The relief above, the entrance altitude, the section and the 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Entrances, springs, sinkholes, opening hours and what is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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