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Mountain·North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia

Vodno

1,066m

Dinaric Alps

Summit weather

3D view drawn from Copernicus WorldDEM-30 (© DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA) and Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH, CC BY 4.0

Elevation
1,066m
Relief
825mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope
30°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit
Dec–MarSee month by month ↓
Summit
41.9650°N, 21.3944°E

Mountain

Vodno is a mountain in the Dinaric Alps (North Macedonia). Its summit stands 1,066 m above sea level.

From the lowest point within 5 km (241 m), it rises 825 m. The steepest side is the north face: 17° on average over the first kilometre.

The nearest town is Sopište, 3 km away at 421 m: 645 m below the summit.

Read more on Wikipedia

Scores

Vodno for skiers and climbers

Two scores out of 10, built only from open data — every part is shown. They describe what the mountain offers, not how safe it is.

Hiking & mountaineering

5.9/10

Difficulty to the top

Hike

Most path sections around the top are T2 on the SAC hiking scale.

Indicative only — never a safety assessment. Conditions change: ask local guides and check the forecast.

  • 1.4/2.51 waymarked routes and 53 path sections nearby
  • 0.8/1.53 huts and shelters
  • 0.6/2645 m of ascent from the valley
  • 1.2/1.5495 m of prominence
  • 1.5/1.512 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
  • 0.3/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

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No ski runs within 12 km in OpenStreetMap.

How these scores are made

Ski (where OpenStreetMap has skiing within 12 km): up to 4 points for the length of downhill runs (300 km or more = 4), 1.5 for the number of lifts (40+), 1.5 for the vertical between lift stations (1,500 m) and 3 for the snow season — a month counts when the estimated mean temperature at the height of the ski area is −1 °C or lower and snow falls or lies there (NASA POWER, 2001–2020). Hiking & mountaineering: up to 2.5 for waymarked routes and paths, 1.5 for huts, 2 for the ascent from the valley (2,000 m), 1.5 for prominence (3,000 m), 1.5 for the season (months with summit afternoons above −5 °C) and 1 for via ferratas, climbing and glaciers. OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: where few things are mapped, a score can be lower than reality.

Plan your visit

Stay, climb and get there

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Snow

When there is snow on Vodno

At the summit, snow from December to March. Month by month below, at different heights on the way up.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Summit1,066 msnow from December to March
Snow on the ground all monthSnow on the ground all monthSnow on the ground all monthNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowSnow on the ground all month
Sopište421 moccasional snow in January
Snow some of the timeNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snow
  • Snow on the ground all month
  • Snow some of the time
  • No snow
  • This month

Estimate for a normal year: average temperature and precipitation from NASA POWER, carried to each height, in a simple model of snow building up and melting. In a given year snow can come earlier or stay longer. It does not replace the local snow and avalanche bulletin.

Summit weather

Vodno, month by month

Not a forecast: long-term averages (1991–2020), carried up to the summit. The orange line is where an average afternoon reaches 0 °C; above the dashed blue line it freezes even at dawn.

On an average August afternoon the summit reaches about 28 °C; on January nights it falls to about -7 °C. Afternoons at the top are above freezing in every month of the average year. In August the 0 °C line climbs to about 5,360 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, July is the driest month (37 mm) and November the wettest (97 mm).

0 m1,000 m2,000 m3,000 m4,000 m5,000 mSUMMIT · 1,066 mSOPIŠTE · 421 mJanuary: 1,160 mFebruary: 1,530 mMarch: 2,280 mApril: 3,070 mMay: 3,820 mJune: 4,590 mJuly: 5,270 mAugust: 5,360 mSeptember: 4,410 mOctober: 3,440 mNovember: 2,390 mDecember: 1,380 mJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit
MonthSummit high °CSummit low °CSopište high °C0 °C line (m)Rain & snow (mm)Wet daysSun h/day
January1-751,16077102.8
February3-671,53068104.2
March8-3122,28073115.1
April132173,07066126.3
May187223,82076137.5
June2311274,59057119.2
July2714325,27037810.1
August2814325,3603979.5
September229264,4106896.9
October154203,4408895.4
November9-1132,39097113.7
December2-661,38085122.4

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 745 m), adjusted to the summit by −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Rain, wet days and sunshine are those of the region. Mountain weather changes fast — always check a local forecast. ★ = mildest months at the top.

Relief

The mountain in profile

Two cuts through the summit, 16 km long, from the 30 m Copernicus elevation model. Heights drawn 3× taller than lengths, so the shape can be seen.

West – east
1,066 m236 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmWE
South – north
1,066 m250 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmSN
Steepness by direction
30°N: 17°NNE: 17°NEE: 6°ESE: 13°SES: 12°SSW: 8°SWW: 2°WNW: 16°NW

Average slope of the first kilometre from the summit. The orange petal is the steepest side.

Around the mountain

Huts, lifts and trails around Vodno

Counted around the summit in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. The satellite plate shows 14 × 14 km.

Vodno seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 14 × 14 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • 3mountain huts and shelters

    Планинарски дом Даре Џамбаз, Матка, Скопје 63

  • 1cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways

    Вод на жичницата „Милениумски крст“

  • —ski areas
  • 1waymarked hiking routes

    Словенска патека

  • —via ferratas
  • 2climbing crags and routes

    Trlo

  • —named glaciers
  • 39viewpoints

    Видиковец - Водно, Видиковец „Скопско кале“, Милениумски Крст, Прашка 24а тука некаде and 35 more

  • 3campsites

    Камп простор „Camper 4 Night“, Camping Skopje

  • 423hotels, B&Bs and chalets

    Hotel Imperial, Sun Hotel, Хотел 7, Hotel Orange Inn and 419 more

  • 495restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

53 path sections within 5 km, by SAC hiking scale (T1 easy walk … T6 difficult alpine).

T1T2T3
  • T1 hiking
  • T2 mountain hiking
  • T3 demanding mountain hiking

Towns at the foot

  • Sopište3 km · 421 m
  • Skopje5 km · 247 m
  • Usje5 km · 287 m
  • Krušopek6 km · 271 m
  • Gjorče Petro6 km · 263 m
  • Grčec6 km · 276 m
  • Saraj7 km · 271 m
  • Čair7 km · 270 m

OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: a low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. Places © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

Vodno Telecommunication Tower 2024 4
kallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0
Green view (28991642878)
aiva. · CC BY 2.0
Ljuboten peak , 3
Bijonse · CC BY-SA 3.0

Recent years

How each month compared at the summit

Afternoon high at the summit (estimate). The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years show only the difference.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1991–2020 average1381318232728221592
2020+1.4+2.9+0.6−0.5+0.1−1.0+0.4−0.8+2.5+1.1+0.6+3.5
2021±0.0+2.4−2.6−2.0+0.2+0.4+2.6+2.2+0.7−3.7+0.5−0.3
2022+0.2+0.8−3.2−0.3+2.4+1.3+0.5−0.3+0.1+1.7+2.1+4.7
2023+3.3+1.4+1.3−2.5−1.9−2.2+0.4+0.9+3.9+4.6+1.1+3.3
2024+1.7+4.9+2.7+2.9+0.1+4.9+4.1+2.9+0.2+1.5−1.0+0.1
2025+3.4−0.3+3.4±0.0−0.7+4.9+4.0+0.9+2.6−2.9+1.2+2.6

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominenceWikidata (Q1048376) · CC0
Relief, 3D view, profilesCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020 · CC BY 4.0
Around the mountain© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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