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The cut
431 metres, to scale.
A slice through Cañón de las Buitreras where it is deepest and narrowest, measured on the Copernicus relief model every 30 m. Same scale as the landmark standing on the floor.
Standing on the floor, to scale: Big Ben · 96 m · Eiffel Tower · 330 m
Depth is measured to the lower rim; the width is from rim to rim. A 30 m relief model smooths the narrowest walls, so a slot canyon reads shallower than it is.
431m
Depth
measured on the 30 m relief model
3.9km
Rim to rim
measured on the 30 m relief model
22°
Steepest wall
average over 300 m, from the relief
195m
Floor altitude
Rim to floor
3 °C warmer at the bottom.
In July the afternoon reaches 33 °C on the floor, against 29 °C on the rim. The best months to hike are from April to May and in November. The wettest months are from February to March and from October to December.
- 15°11°Jan
- 16°12°Feb
- 18°14°Mar
- 20°17°Apr
- 24°21°May
- 29°26°Jun
- 33°29°Jul
- 33°29°Aug
- 28°25°Sep
- 24°20°Oct
- 18°15°Nov
- 16°12°Dec
Afternoon highs, 1991–2020 averages (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the rim and of the floor with the standard lapse rate (6.5 °C per 1 000 m). Shade, wind and rock change this on the day. Not a forecast.
Canyon in Spain
Cañón de las Buitreras is a canyon in Spain, cut by the Rio Guadiaro. The relief model measures 431 m from the floor to the lower rim, and 520 m to the higher one. Rim to rim it is 3.9 km wide where the cut was taken. It lies within Cañón de las Buitreras.
Getting there.
- Gaucínnearest town · 5.9 km in a straight line
- Parking 900 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Mirador de Las Buitrerasnearest viewpoint · 4.1 km from the floor
- Gibraltar Airport (GIB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 44 km in a straight lineCar hire at XRY airport (Jerez de la Frontera)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
- From April to May and in Novemberbest months to hike (estimate)
Plan the visit
Guided hikes, a bed nearby, a car.
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The river
The Rio Guadiaro runs highest in March and from November to January.
The Rio Guadiaro carries about 3.2 m³/s on average here. It runs highest in March and from November to January. It is lowest from June to September.
- 9.3 m³/sJan
- 8.3 m³/sFeb
- 8.4 m³/sMar
- 6.6 m³/sApr
- 3.4 m³/sMay
- 1.2 m³/sJun
- 0.5 m³/sJul
- 0.4 m³/sAug
- 0.9 m³/sSep
- 4.7 m³/sOct
- 9.4 m³/sNov
- 11 m³/sDec
From about 0.36 m³/s in the lowest month to 11 m³/s in the highest. Its basin above this point covers 508 km².
The Guadiaro from source to mouth on Riveryas — coming soon
Estimate: long-term flow from the HydroATLAS model (WaterGAP, 1971–2000) shaped by the monthly rain, snow and temperature of the area (NASA POWER). Dams change it. Not a forecast.
From the sky.
The canyon from above, with the relief shaded, the line of the cut, the river and what people have mapped around it.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. The line is the cut above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Around the canyon.
- 4viewpoints within 5 kmMirador de Gaucin, Gaucín Balcón de la Serranía, Mirador de Las Buitreras and 1 more
- 7marked hiking routes within 4 kmGran Senda de la Serrania de Ronda, Gaucín - Estación de Cortes de la Frontera, Circular Sierra del Hacho and 4 more
- 1footbridges and suspension bridges within 3 kmPuente Colgante
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 1information boards and visitor centres within 4 km
- 2campsites within 8 kmCamping Municipal Las Camaretas
- 8hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmHotel Rural La Fructuosa, Hotel Sol y Sierra, Hotel Rural y Restaurante Las Camaretas and 5 more
- 6restaurants and cafés within 4 km
- via ferrata routes within 4 km
- climbing crags within 3 km
- rafting, canoe, kayak or canyoning spots within 4 km
- swimming spots within 3 km
- named waterfalls within 4 km
- caves within 3 km
- bus stops within 2 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the floor of the canyon. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Gaucín5.9 km in a straight line
- Cortes de la Frontera7.7 km in a straight line
- Benarrabá8.2 km in a straight line
- Algatocín8.6 km in a straight line
- Benalauría11 km in a straight line
- Genalguacil12 km in a straight line
- Jubrique14 km in a straight line
- Casares14 km in a straight line
In our other atlases
What else is around Cañón de las Buitreras.
The river that carved it, the waterfalls inside it, the mountains on the rim, the lakes, beaches and island nearby — from our six sister atlases, each with its own figures.
Riveryas4 rivers in the canyon
Peakyas8 mountains within 15 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Month by month
The weather, at the floor and at the rim.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon · floor | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 33 | 33 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 16 |
| Afternoon · rim | 11 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 12 |
| Night · rim | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Rain (mm) | 63 | 63 | 75 | 56 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 71 | 90 | 82 |
| Rainy days | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Sun hours/day | 5.8 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 11.6 | 9.0 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| Afternoon · floor | Afternoon · rim | Night · rim | Rain (mm) | Sun hours/day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | 11 | 2 | 63 | 5.8 |
| Feb | 16 | 12 | 3 | 63 | 6.3 |
| Mar | 18 | 14 | 5 | 75 | 7.2 |
| Apr | 20 | 17 | 6 | 56 | 8.5 |
| May | 24 | 21 | 9 | 27 | 10.5 |
| Jun | 29 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 12.3 |
| Jul | 33 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 13.0 |
| Aug | 33 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 11.6 |
| Sep | 28 | 25 | 13 | 25 | 9.0 |
| Oct | 24 | 20 | 10 | 71 | 7.2 |
| Nov | 18 | 15 | 6 | 90 | 5.9 |
| Dec | 16 | 12 | 4 | 82 | 5.4 |
Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the floor (195 m) and the rim (715 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.
Recent years
Wet years, dry years.
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 136% | 4% | 155% | 106% | 204% | — | — | — | 23% | 52% | 112% | 51% |
| 2021 | 252% | 90% | 77% | 51% | 33% | — | — | — | 98% | 17% | 36% | 104% |
| 2022 | 15% | 12% | 249% | 111% | 23% | — | — | — | 31% | 15% | 53% | 238% |
| 2023 | 73% | 48% | 28% | 2% | 167% | — | — | — | 110% | 107% | 18% | 34% |
| 2024 | 81% | 109% | 255% | 32% | 20% | — | — | — | 28% | 322% | 48% | 34% |
| 2025 | 100% | 82% | 344% | 92% | 63% | — | — | — | 19% | 49% | 135% | 183% |
130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month
Compare with the neighbours.
Cañón de las Buitreras
Spain
- 431 mDepth
- 3.9 kmRim to rim
- —Length
- 22°Steepest wall
Where these figures come from
| Name, type, published depth and length | Wikidata (Q5759653) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| The cut: depth, width, wall and 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| River flow and basin | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Viewpoints, trails, bridges and the river line | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Rivers, waterfalls, mountains, lakes, beaches and islands nearby | Coastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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