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Jakab-hegy

Mountain·HungaryHungary

Jakab-hegy

602m

Mecsek

Summit weather

own work · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation
602m
Relief
492mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope
33°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit
Dec–MarSee month by month ↓
Summit
46.0939°N, 18.1403°E

Mountain

Jakab-hegy is a mountain in the Mecsek (Hungary). Its summit stands 602 m above sea level.

From the lowest point within 5 km (110 m), it rises 492 m. The steepest side is the south-west face: 16° on average over the first kilometre.

The nearest town is Pellérd, 7 km away at 119 m: 483 m below the summit.

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Scores

Jakab-hegy 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

6.8/10

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.

  • 2.5/2.595 waymarked routes and 52 path sections nearby
  • 1.2/1.55 huts and shelters
  • 0.5/2483 m of ascent from the valley
  • 1.1/1.5295 m of prominence
  • 1.5/1.512 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
  • 0.0/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

3.3/10

  • 0.5/41 km of downhill runs
  • 0.4/1.512 ski lifts
  • 0.0/1.5lift station heights not mapped
  • 2.4/34 months of snow at about 619 m

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 619 m, in the middle of the ski area: snow from December to March.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec
  • Snow on the ground all month
  • Snow some of the time
  • No snow
  • This month

12 lifts · 0 km cross-country

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 Jakab-hegy

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Summit602 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
Pellérd119 moccasional snow from December to February
Snow some of the timeSnow some of the timeNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowSnow some of the time
  • 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

Jakab-hegy, 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 July afternoon the summit reaches about 27 °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 July the 0 °C line climbs to about 4,730 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, January is the driest month (41 mm) and May the wettest (79 mm).

0 m1,000 m2,000 m3,000 m4,000 m5,000 mSUMMIT · 602 mPELLÉRD · 119 mJanuary: 600 mFebruary: 1,020 mMarch: 1,900 mApril: 2,850 mMay: 3,570 mJune: 4,260 mJuly: 4,730 mAugust: 4,710 mSeptember: 3,740 mOctober: 2,800 mNovember: 1,730 mDecember: 760 mJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit
MonthSummit high °CSummit low °CPellérd high °C0 °C line (m)Rain & snow (mm)Wet daysSun h/day
January0-736004182.1
February3-661,0204783.5
March8-2121,9004485.0
April153182,8504297.1
May198223,57079127.8
June2412274,26075128.5
July2714304,73063109.0
August2714304,7105898.6
September208243,74068106.2
October143172,8006084.7
November7-1101,7304892.7
December1-647604881.4

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 141 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 5× taller than lengths, so the shape can be seen.

West – east
602 m218 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmWE
South – north
602 m110 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmSN
Steepness by direction
30°N: 8°NNE: 8°NEE: 8°ESE: 3°SES: 14°SSW: 16°SWW: 12°WNW: 3°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 Jakab-hegy

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

Jakab-hegy 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.

  • 5mountain huts and shelters

    Lóri kulcsosház, Fehér-kúti kulcsosház, Gubacsos kulcsosház, Kardos úti kulcsosház and 1 more

  • —cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
  • —ski areas
  • 95waymarked hiking routes

    S↺ (Rotary körsétány), Z, Mecseki Zöld, P▲ (Patacs – Panoráma út – Babásszerkövek), Z● (Jakab-hegy – Mohosi kis kút) and 91 more

  • —via ferratas
  • —climbing crags and routes
  • —named glaciers
  • 48viewpoints

    Balázs-hegyi kilátó, Zsongor-kő, A nyolc boldogság terasza, Siklóernyős starthely and 44 more

  • 3campsites

    Orfü Private, Autós kemping, Panoráma Kemping

  • 133hotels, B&Bs and chalets

    Bagolyvár fogadó, Hotel Mediterrán, Rácz Tanya, Laterum Konferencia & Wellness Hotel and 129 more

  • 144restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

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

T1
  • T1 hiking

Towns at the foot

  • Pellérd7 km · 119 m
  • Pécs7 km · 155 m
  • Bükkösd12 km · 149 m
  • Szentlőrinc13 km · 119 m
  • Kozármisleny14 km · 161 m
  • Komló15 km · 246 m
  • Hosszúhetény18 km · 273 m
  • Sásd18 km · 134 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

A Jakabhegyi Homokkő báziskonglomerátumának sziklaformái Cserkúton és a Jakab-hegy oldalában
Konrád Gyula · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jakab hegy Zsongor kő
own work · Public domain

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 average0381519242727201471
2020+0.5+5.1+0.8+1.2−1.7−0.4−0.3+0.7+2.4−0.1−1.2+1.8
2021+1.8+2.8−0.7−3.8−2.4+3.4+2.6+0.1+1.8−1.7−0.3+0.1
2022+1.3+3.3−0.1−1.8+2.7+3.5+2.8+1.9−0.7+2.4+0.5+2.5
2023+3.8+1.5+1.6−2.9−1.4−1.1+1.1+0.9+5.3+5.1+1.6+3.5
2024+2.7+7.2+4.0+2.3+2.1+2.6+4.5+5.4+1.9+0.9−0.8+1.0
2025+3.6−0.3+2.6+1.5−1.3+5.0+2.2+2.1+3.3+0.2+0.7+1.2

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominenceWikidata (Q515919) · 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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