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Durakogain-Murugain mountain range · Basque Country · SpainSummit weather, forecast and climate
Murugain
778 m
Elevation778 mabove sea level
Prominence292 mindependent height
Isolation2.8 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul24°average high
43.05° N, 2.53° WElevation 778 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit778 m
- Mid-mountain510 m
- Valley · Aretxabaleta246 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Murugain in brief
Murugain rises to 778 m in the Durakogain-Murugain mountain range, Basque Country, Spain. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 292 m.
At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 24°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.
The nearest town is Aretxabaleta, 2.9 km to the SE at 246 m.
Facts
- Elevation
- 778 m · 2,552 ft
- Prominence
- 292 m
- Range
- Durakogain-Murugain mountain range
- Region
- Basque Country
- Country
- Spain
- Coordinates
- 43.0533, -2.5281
- Nearest airport
- Vitoria Airport (VIT) · 25 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 Murugain 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 | 9° | 10° | 13° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 21° | 17° | 12° | 9° |
| Average low | 2° | 2° | 4° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 9° | 5° | 3° |
| Precipitation | 153 mm | 121 mm | 125 mm | 143 mm | 118 mm | 76 mm | 60 mm | 70 mm | 84 mm | 131 mm | 170 mm | 164 mm |
| Cloud cover | 46% | 44% | 44% | 44% | 44% | 41% | 38% | 37% | 36% | 41% | 45% | 47% |
| Daylight | 9h 21 | 10h 32 | 11h 53 | 13h 23 | 14h 39 | 15h 21 | 15h 04 | 13h 58 | 12h 32 | 11h 05 | 9h 45 | 9h 01 |
| Month score | 18 | 19 | 33 | 44 | 62 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 59 | 29 | 18 |
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 | 1,600 m | 1,650 m | 2,000 m | 2,300 m | 2,800 m | 3,300 m | 3,600 m | 3,650 m | 3,250 m | 2,800 m | 2,100 m | 1,700 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
Murugain in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of SpainPeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aketegi | 1,551 m | 943 m | 19 km SE | 21° |
| Aketegi erpina | 1,548 m | 12 m | 19 km SE | 20° |
| Aizkorri | 1,523 m | 51 m | 20 km SE | 20° |
| Aitxuri | 1,508 m | 943 m | 20 km SE | 21° |
| Gorbea | 1,481 m | 866 m | 21 km W | 21° |
| Aratz | 1,443 m | 276 m | 23 km SE | 21° |
| Artzanburu | 1,368 m | – | 15 km SE | 21° |
| Anboto | 1,333 m | 734 m | 6.8 km NW | 21° |
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
Around here
Aretxabaleta and around
Nature
Mountains
Heritage
Photo: Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
Galartza dorrea
Basque government heritage site · 1330
Museums
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016














