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The descent
The rock above.
The real relief above Malham cave, measured on the Copernicus model every 30 m, and the cave going down at the same vertical scale.
20°C
Inside, all year
the yearly average outside, at the entrance
Inside and outside
20 °C inside, all year.
Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 20 °C here, in January and in August. In July the afternoon reaches 36 °C at the entrance, 16 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket. The best months to escape the heat are from May to October.
- 15°4°Jan
- 17°5°Feb
- 21°8°Mar
- 26°11°Apr
- 31°15°May
- 34°18°Jun
- 36°20°Jul
- 35°20°Aug
- 33°18°Sep
- 29°16°Oct
- 22°11°Nov
- 17°6°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.
Getting there.
- No public accessProtected for science or for its art. Look for a replica or a visitor centre nearby.
- Safinearest town · 8.3 km in a straight line
- תצפית הכפתור הר סדוםnearest viewpoint · 0.8 km from the entrance
- Queen Alia International Airport (AMM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 91 km in a straight lineCar hire at AMM airport (Amman)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.
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Towns nearby
- Safi8.3 km in a straight line
- ‘En Boqeq14 km in a straight line
- Al Khinzīrah20 km in a straight line
- Ghawr al Mazra‘ah24 km in a straight line
- ‘Ayy24 km in a straight line
In our other atlases
What else is around Malham 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.
Peakyas2 mountains within 10 kmFigures 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon | 15 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 33 | 29 | 22 | 17 |
| Afternoon | 15 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 33 | 29 | 22 | 17 |
| Night | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 66 | 50 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 34 |
| Rainy days | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Sun hours/day | 6.2 | 6.9 | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 6.4 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Afternoon | Afternoon | Night | Rain (mm) | Sun hours/day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | 15 | 4 | 66 | 6.2 |
| Feb | 17 | 17 | 5 | 50 | 6.9 |
| Mar | 21 | 21 | 8 | 24 | 8.7 |
| Apr | 26 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 10.1 |
| May | 31 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11.8 |
| Jun | 34 | 34 | 18 | 0 | 13.4 |
| Jul | 36 | 36 | 20 | 0 | 13.1 |
| Aug | 35 | 35 | 20 | 0 | 12.2 |
| Sep | 33 | 33 | 18 | 1 | 10.8 |
| Oct | 29 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 9.1 |
| Nov | 22 | 22 | 11 | 19 | 7.5 |
| Dec | 17 | 17 | 6 | 34 | 6.4 |
Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (— m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.
Photographs
Inside and around.
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 | 330% | 179% | 466% | 230% | — | — | — | — | — | 20% | 250% | 116% |
| 2021 | 122% | 156% | 80% | 5% | — | — | — | — | — | 11% | 66% | 98% |
| 2022 | 207% | 101% | 156% | 0% | — | — | — | — | — | 49% | 126% | 92% |
| 2023 | 51% | 221% | 215% | 365% | — | — | — | — | — | 91% | 181% | 118% |
| 2024 | 115% | 56% | 57% | 56% | — | — | — | — | — | 0% | 47% | 93% |
| 2025 | 29% | 138% | 185% | 33% | — | — | — | — | — | 11% | 115% | 341% |
130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month
Caves nearby.
Malham cave
Israel
- —Depth
- —Galleries
- —Entrance altitude
- 20 °CInside, all year
Sanctuary of Agios Lot
Jordan · 11 km
- —Depth
- —Galleries
- -255 mEntrance altitude
- 25 °CInside, all year
Nahal Hemar Cave
Israel · 12 km
- —Depth
- —Galleries
- -108 mEntrance altitude
- 23 °CInside, all year
Cave of Letters
Israel · 40 km
- —Depth
- —Galleries
- -16 mEntrance altitude
- 23 °CInside, all year
Where these figures come from
| Name, type, published depth and length, visitors | Wikidata (Q4286545) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Rivers, waterfalls, lakes, mountains, canyons, beaches and islands nearby | Coastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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