Staying Home Sucks, home
Varese Lake from Gavirate
Gavirate, the nearest town, 6 km away. Photo: Sara Belingheri, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Grotta Rudera

Climbing area · Italy

Is it worth the trip?

89Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Thu 5: Rock dry, Rock about 15 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 93 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
16°C
Air
13°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 87 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
12°C
Air
11°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 95 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
15°C
Air
12°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 85 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
11°C
Air
11°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 88 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
13°C
Air
12°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 79 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
11°C
Air
11°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 86 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
13°C
Air
13°C
Rain
0 mm

Tap a day for rock, its warmth, the air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 291, good
  2. Tue 393, good
  3. Wed 487, good
  4. Thu 595, good
  5. Fri 685, good
  6. Sat 788, good
  7. Sun 879, good
  8. Mon 986, good
  9. Tue 1077, good

The spot in two facts

  • 2 cragsmapped within 5 km
  • Best Mar, Dec–Jan5 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know loose rock, seepage, access bans or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Grotta Rudera
DayScoreRockRock tempAirRain
Mon 2Nov*91, goodDry?14°C13°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov93, goodDry16°C13°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov87, goodDry12°C11°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov95, goodDry15°C12°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov85, goodDry11°C11°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov88, goodDry13°C12°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov79, goodDry11°C11°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov86, goodDry13°C13°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov77, goodWet13°C13°C0.6 mm

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Rock and air are in °C, the rock's with the sun on it; rain in mm. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

Town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Grotta Rudera

2 crags mapped. Best from Oct to Apr. The nearest town to stay in is Gavirate.

  • Crags 2 crags mapped.
  • Rock No source states the rock.

From OpenStreetMap: the crags mapped within 5 km. Check access and bans locally.

Crags: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,270–US$2,400 each

about US$1,270–US$2,400 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food, climbing instructor.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to MXP, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$496–US$1,030
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$60–US$100
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$315–US$523
Food7 days eating outabout US$301–US$563
Climbing instructor1 day with an instructor, shared; leave it out if you climb on your ownabout US$100–US$181
Totalabout US$1,270–US$2,400

Climbers bring their own kit: it is not in the cost. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Gavirate

Closest

Gavirate

10 min by car · 19 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 19 places to stay in Gavirate · Booking.com

About Gavirate its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 14h 25m

About 14h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MXP, direct, then 50 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.