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AldabeGorbeia mountain range · Basque Country · SpainSummit weather, forecast and climate
Gorbea
1,481 mMajor summit
Elevation1,481 mabove sea level
Prominence866 mindependent height
Isolation38 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul21°average high
43.03° N, 2.78° WElevation 1,481 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit1,481 m
- Mid-mountain1,070 m
- Valley · Markina657 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Gorbea in brief
Gorbea rises to 1,481 m in the Gorbeia mountain range, Basque Country, Spain. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 866 m, a major independent summit.
At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 21°, while nights fall below freezing in 4 months of the year.
The nearest town in the atlas is Markina, 7.2 km to the SW at 657 m.
Facts
- Elevation
- 1,481 m · 4,859 ft
- Prominence
- 866 m
- Range
- Gorbeia mountain range
- Region
- Basque Country
- Country
- Spain
- Coordinates
- 43.0350, -2.7799
- Nearest airport
- Vitoria Airport (VIT) · 18 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 Gorbea by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 6° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 13° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 8° | 6° |
| Average low | -1° | -2° | 0° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 7° | 5° | 1° | -1° |
| Precipitation | 196 mm | 152 mm | 158 mm | 177 mm | 142 mm | 90 mm | 68 mm | 84 mm | 103 mm | 162 mm | 216 mm | 207 mm |
| Cloud cover | 53% | 50% | 49% | 50% | 49% | 43% | 39% | 37% | 39% | 46% | 51% | 54% |
| Daylight | 9h 21 | 10h 32 | 11h 53 | 13h 23 | 14h 39 | 15h 21 | 15h 04 | 13h 58 | 12h 32 | 11h 05 | 9h 45 | 9h 02 |
| Month score | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 35 | 69 | 78 | 74 | 66 | 37 | 16 | 15 |
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing level | 1,800 m | 1,800 m | 2,100 m | 2,300 m | 2,800 m | 3,450 m | 3,850 m | 3,850 m | 3,400 m | 2,850 m | 2,250 m | 1,900 m |
| Summit | 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 | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C |
ivTerrain
Gorbea in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of SpainPeaks nearby
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
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Ubide
Basque Country · 7.6 km E
18°Oct high
12wet days
66score
Around here
Markina and around
Nature
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
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