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Petra tou Romiou

39m

Summit weather

Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation
39m
Steepest slope
18°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit
NoneSee month by month ↓
Summit
34.6664°N, 32.6267°E

Sea stack in Pafos, Cyprus

Petra tou Romiou is a mountain in Cyprus. Its summit stands 39 m above sea level.

The nearest town is Pissoúri, 7 km away at 236 m: -197 m below the summit.

Read more on Wikipedia

Scores

Petra tou Romiou 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

Estimated from the slope: OpenStreetMap has no graded paths near the top.

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

  • 1.2/2.54 waymarked routes and 5 path sections nearby
  • 0.0/1.50 huts and shelters
  • 0.0/2-197 m of ascent from the valley
  • 0.6/1.524 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 Petra tou Romiou

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

Petra tou Romiou, 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 February nights it falls to about 14 °C. Afternoons at the top are above freezing in every month of the average year. In August the 0 °C line climbs to about 4,340 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, July is the driest month (3 mm) and December the wettest (94 mm).

0 m1,000 m2,000 m3,000 m4,000 mSUMMIT · 39 mPISSOÚRI · 236 mJanuary: 2,490 mFebruary: 2,490 mMarch: 2,630 mApril: 2,910 mMay: 3,370 mJune: 3,860 mJuly: 4,260 mAugust: 4,340 mSeptember: 4,150 mOctober: 3,810 mNovember: 3,340 mDecember: 2,810 mJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit
MonthSummit high °CSummit low °CPissoúri high °C0 °C line (m)Rain & snow (mm)Wet daysSun h/day
January1614152,49094135.0
February1614152,49065116.2
March1715162,6303898.1
April1917172,9102169.6
May2220203,37015411.1
June2523243,8605212.7
July2726264,2603112.4
August2827274,3405111.3
September2725264,1509210.3
October2423233,8102768.3
November2120203,3404686.5
December1816172,81094135.2

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 13 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 7× taller than lengths, so the shape can be seen.

West – east
39 m0 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmWE
South – north
39 m0 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmSN
Steepness by direction
30°N: 0°NNE: 0°NEE: 0°ESE: 2°SES: 2°SSW: 2°SWW: 2°WNW: 0°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 Petra tou Romiou

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

Petra tou Romiou 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
  • 4waymarked hiking routes

    Πέτρα του Ρωμιού, Cape Aspro, Chapotami Gorge at Archimandrita, Genesis Aphrodite's Trail

  • —via ferratas
  • —climbing crags and routes
  • —named glaciers
  • 14viewpoints

    Plataniskia Overlook, Aphrodite's Rock and 12 more

  • —campsites
  • 48hotels, B&Bs and chalets

    Aphrodite Hills Hotel, Rantzo, Hylatio, High View Villa and 44 more

  • 78restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

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

T1T2
  • T1 hiking
  • T2 mountain hiking

Towns at the foot

  • Pissoúri7 km · 236 m
  • Koloni18 km · 68 m
  • Geroskípou (quarter)19 km · 44 m
  • Geroskipou20 km · 35 m
  • Páchna20 km · 691 m
  • Konia20 km · 189 m
  • Sotíra22 km · 292 m
  • Paphos22 km · 81 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

Afrodité szülőhelye (panorámakép) - Birthplace of Aphrodite (panorama) - panoramio (1)
El Nino · CC BY-SA 3.0
Afrodité szülőhelye (panorámakép) - Birthplace of Aphrodite (panorama) - panoramio
El Nino · 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 average161617192225272827242118
2020−0.2−0.2+0.1−0.5+0.9−1.4±0.0+0.4+1.6+1.3+0.5+1.3
2021+1.9+0.9−0.4−0.2+0.7−0.8+0.3+1.2−0.1±0.0+1.4+0.1
2022−0.3−0.1−2.3+0.5+0.1−0.1+0.4−0.5+0.5+0.7+0.6+1.7
2023+1.9−0.6+0.7−0.2−0.2−0.8+1.4−0.2+1.1+1.6+1.2+2.0
2024+1.5+1.1+1.1+2.2±0.0+2.5+1.1+0.5+0.3+0.7+0.2+0.7
2025+1.8−0.9+1.6+0.1±0.0+0.9+0.3+0.2+0.4−0.4+1.9+1.4

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominenceWikidata (Q2061165) · 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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