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Cerro Tres Kandú in 3D: real relief (Copernicus DEM) and satellite image (Sentinel-2)

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Cerro Tres Kandú

842m

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
842m
Relief
684mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope
44°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit
NoneSee month by month ↓
Summit
25.9028°S, 56.1594°W

Mountain

Cerro Tres Kandú is a mountain in Paraguay. Its summit stands 842 m above sea level. It is the highest point of PY.

From the lowest point within 5 km (158 m), it rises 684 m. The steepest side is the south-east face: 25° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 44° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is General Higinio Morínigo, 25 km away at 370 m: 472 m below the summit.

Read more on Wikipedia

Scores

Cerro Tres Kandú 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

3.3/10

Difficulty to the top

Hike

Most path sections around the top are T1 on the SAC hiking scale.

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

  • 0.2/2.50 waymarked routes and 4 path sections nearby
  • 0.0/1.50 huts and shelters
  • 0.5/2472 m of ascent from the valley
  • 1.1/1.5410 m of prominence
  • 1.5/1.512 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
  • 0.0/1via 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.

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Snow

When there is snow on Cerro Tres Kandú

In a normal year there is no snow on this mountain, not even at the summit.

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

Cerro Tres Kandú, 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 January afternoon the summit reaches about 29 °C; on July nights it falls to about 7 °C. Afternoons at the top are above freezing in every month of the average year. In January the 0 °C line climbs to about 6,610 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, August is the driest month (61 mm) and October the wettest (189 mm).

0 m2,000 m4,000 m6,000 mSUMMIT · 842 mGENERAL HIGINIO MORÍNIGO · 370 mJanuary: 6,610 mFebruary: 6,570 mMarch: 6,370 mApril: 5,690 mMay: 4,750 mJune: 4,430 mJuly: 4,370 mAugust: 4,830 mSeptember: 5,350 mOctober: 5,870 mNovember: 6,070 mDecember: 6,410 mJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit
MonthSummit high °CSummit low °CGeneral Higinio Morínigo high °C0 °C line (m)Rain & snow (mm)Wet daysSun h/day
January2919316,610135138.7
February2918316,570128138.1
March2817306,370133127.8
April2414275,690159107.1
May2010224,750166105.6
June188204,4309495.0
July187204,3707885.7
August208224,8306176.4
September2211255,35093106.2
October2514285,870189146.8
November2615286,070188128.2
December2818306,410164138.7

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 168 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
842 m233 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmWE
South – north
842 m149 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmSN
Steepness by direction
30°N: 7°NNE: 12°NEE: 6°ESE: 25°SES: 24°SSW: 20°SWW: 13°WNW: 11°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 Cerro Tres Kandú

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

Cerro Tres Kandú 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.

  • —mountain huts and shelters
  • —cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
  • —ski areas
  • —waymarked hiking routes
  • —via ferratas
  • —climbing crags and routes
  • —named glaciers
  • 6viewpoints

    Mirador el Arbol, Casa de madera and 4 more

  • 1campsites

    Campsite & Car Park

  • 1hotels, B&Bs and chalets

    Hospedaje

  • —restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

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

T1T3
  • T1 hiking
  • T3 demanding mountain hiking

Towns at the foot

  • General Higinio Morínigo25 km · 370 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

Abandoned building on Cerro Tres Kandú
Blervis · CC0
Cerro Tres Kandú overlook
Blervis · CC0

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 average292928242018182022252628
2020±0.0+0.2+3.7+0.7+1.0+1.2−0.2+1.3+3.3+4.8+3.4+0.9
2021−1.5−1.4+0.2−0.1+1.6+0.6+1.5+3.8+4.9−0.6+1.9+5.5
2022+5.7+4.0−0.8−1.9−2.7−1.6+2.4−1.2−3.6−3.1−2.6+1.2
2023+2.0+1.0+1.1−0.5+1.5+1.5+2.5+2.6+1.6+0.2−0.5−1.2
2024−1.6−0.6+0.3+1.0−1.3+2.0−1.2−0.9+0.6−0.2+2.0−0.9
2025+3.9+4.7+3.0+0.7+3.9−2.1−0.2−1.2−0.6−2.5−1.0−1.3

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominenceWikidata (Q1055965) · 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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