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Chorna Hora (Pip Ivan)
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Chorna Hora (Pip Ivan)
Hutyn Tomnatyk
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Hutyn Tomnatyk
Rebra
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Rebra
Menchul
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Chornohora · Zakarpattia · UkraineSummit weather, forecast and climate

Hoverla

2,061 mMajor summitSnow likely Jan–Apr · Oct–Dec
Elevation2,061 mabove sea level
Prominence721 mindependent height
Isolation63 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul13°average high
48.16° N, 24.50° EElevation 2,061 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
From the valley to the top
  • Summit2,061 m
  • Mid-mountain1,350 m
  • Valley · Luhy638 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Hoverla in brief

Hoverla rises to 2,061 m in the Chornohora, Zakarpattia, Ukraine. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 721 m, a major independent summit.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 13°, while nights fall below freezing in 8 months of the year. Daytime highs climb above zero from April to October.

The nearest town in the atlas is Luhy, 12 km to the S at 638 m.

Facts

Elevation
2,061 m · 6,762 ft
Prominence
721 m
Range
Chornohora
Region
Zakarpattia
Country
Ukraine
Coordinates
48.1603, 24.5000
Nearest airport
Maramureș International Airport (BAY) · 95 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 Hoverla by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted
-20°-15°-10°-5°0°5°10°15°20°-8°-14°Jan-7°-14°Feb-4°-11°Mar2°-7°Apr9°-1°May11°2°Jun13°4°Jul13°4°Aug8°0°Sep4°-4°Oct-2°-8°Nov-6°-12°DecPrecipitation
Climate normals for Hoverla by month
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high-8°-7°-4°2°9°11°13°13°8°4°-2°-6°
Average low-14°-14°-11°-7°-1°2°4°4°0°-4°-8°-12°
Precipitation84 mm77 mm100 mm112 mm180 mm210 mm215 mm164 mm147 mm120 mm102 mm101 mm
Cloud cover63%65%61%53%49%47%42%39%49%51%60%64%
Daylight8h 4710h 1311h 5013h 3815h 1016h 0315h 4214h 2112h 3810h 549h 178h 23
Month score212218181724363617161716

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–Apr · Oct–Dec
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Freezing level400 m450 m900 m1,750 m2,650 m3,100 m3,400 m3,400 m2,750 m2,100 m1,250 m600 m
Summit❄ snow❄ snow❄ snow❄ snowabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °C❄ snow❄ snow❄ snow
ivTerrain

Hoverla in 3D

vNeighbours

Peaks nearby

Mountains of Ukraine
MountainElevationProminenceDistanceJuly summit high
Brebeneskul2,038 m–9.2 km SE13°
Chorna Hora (Pip Ivan)2,028 m–16 km SE13°
Petros (Chornohora)2,020 m495 m6.0 km W13°
Hutyn Tomnatyk2,016 m–7.9 km SE13°
Rebra2,001 m–7.0 km SE13°
Menchul1,998 m–10 km SE13°
Turkul1,933 m–4.9 km SE14°
Breskul1,911 m–1.4 km SE14°
viBase towns

Where to stay nearby

Luhy
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Luhy

Zakarpattia · 12 km S
13°Oct high
10wet days
46score
Luhy
Lazeshchyna
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Lazeshchyna

Zakarpattia · 14 km NW
12°Oct high
10wet days
38score
Lazeshchyna
Dzembronia
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Dzembronia

Ivano-Frankivsk · 14 km SE
10°Oct high
10wet days
31score
Dzembronia
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Krivopol’ye

Ivano-Frankivsk · 15 km E
11°Oct high
10wet days
33score
Krivopol’ye
Around here

Luhy and around

Luhy
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Luhy

Zakarpattia · Ukraine
Jul–Sepbest months
23°July high
638 maltitude
Luhy

Nature

Lake Brebeneskul
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10 km NE

Lake Brebeneskul

Lake · 1,801 m
Lake Brebeneskul
Nesamovyte
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9.8 km NE

Nesamovyte

Lake
Nesamovyte
Lake Gadzynka
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11 km NE

Lake Gadzynka

Lake
Lake Gadzynka

Mountains

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
11 km E

Brebeneskul

2,038 m · Chornohora
Brebeneskul
Chorna Hora (Pip Ivan)
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14 km E

Chorna Hora (Pip Ivan)

2,028 m · Chornohora
Chorna Hora (Pip Ivan)
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12 km N

Petros (Chornohora)

2,020 m · Carpathians
Petros (Chornohora)

Heritage

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
7.6 km N

Чорногірський заповідний масив

part of UNESCO World Heritage Site · 1968
Чорногірський заповідний масив