Vienna Woods · Lower Austria · AustriaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Höllenstein

645 mSnow likely Jan–Feb · Dec

Elevation645 mabove sea level

Prominence160 mindependent height

Isolation6.1 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul25°average high

48.10° N, 16.19° EElevation 645 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Summit645 m
Mid-mountain490 m
Valley · Kaltenleutgeben335 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Höllenstein in brief

Höllenstein rises to 645 m in the Vienna Woods, Lower Austria, Austria. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 160 m.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 25°, while nights fall below freezing in 3 months of the year.

The nearest town in the atlas is Kaltenleutgeben, 2.4 km to the N at 335 m.

Facts

Elevation: 645 m · 2,116 ft
Prominence: 160 m
Range: Vienna Woods
Region: Lower Austria
Country: Austria
Coordinates: 48.0962, 16.1875
Nearest airport: Vienna International Airport (VIE) · 28 km

iiForecast

Weather at three heights

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

The top of Höllenstein by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Höllenstein by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	3°	4°	9°	15°	19°	22°	25°	24°	19°	14°	8°	3°
Average low	-3°	-3°	0°	4°	8°	12°	13°	13°	10°	5°	2°	-2°
Precipitation	41 mm	45 mm	59 mm	53 mm	83 mm	90 mm	90 mm	88 mm	77 mm	46 mm	56 mm	56 mm
Cloud cover	49%	48%	47%	40%	38%	37%	32%	32%	37%	41%	52%	53%
Daylight	8h 47	10h 14	11h 50	13h 38	15h 10	16h 02	15h 41	14h 21	12h 38	10h 54	9h 17	8h 23
Month score	39	38	35	63	74	72	74	75	76	59	33	33

Snow and freezing level

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Snow likely Jan–Feb · Dec

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	600 m	750 m	1,300 m	2,050 m	2,700 m	3,250 m	3,550 m	3,550 m	2,800 m	2,100 m	1,350 m	750 m
Summit	❄ snow	❄ snow	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	❄ snow

ivTerrain

Höllenstein in 3D

vNeighbours

Peaks nearby

Mountains of Austria

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Hocheck, Furth an der Triesting	1,037 m	337 m	21 km SW	21°
Gaisstein	974 m	164 m	24 km SW	22°
Hochwald	919 m	220 m	24 km SW	22°
Schöpfl	893 m	312 m	20 km W	22°
Hochriegel, Lower Austria	882 m	–	23 km SW	22°
Lindkogel	872 m	–	24 km S	23°
Mittagskogel, Lower Austria	862 m	–	19 km SW	23°
Wittenbachberg	846 m	–	22 km W	23°