Climbing areas in South Africa
19 climbing areas in South Africa. We list the 3,000 best-mapped climbing areas from OpenStreetMap, not every one.
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When: Next 7 days
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Where: South Africa
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Showing all 19 places.
- 82Good out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Tue72, Good
- Wed67, Good
- Thu77, Good
- Fri86, Good
- Best daySat90, Good, the best day
- Sun88, Good
- Mon70, Good
Stay in Porterville
- 71Good out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Tue70, Good
- Wed63, Good
- Thu72, Good
- Fri34, Poor
- Sat77, Good
- Best daySun85, Good, the best day
- Mon61, Good
Stay in Porterville
- 71Good out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Tue62, Good
- Wed57, Fair
- Thu73, Good
- Fri57, Fair
- Best daySat83, Good, the best day
- Sun79, Good
- Mon57, Fair
Stay in Clanwilliam
- 70Good out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Tue63, Good
- Wed53, Fair
- Thu72, Good
- Fri51, Fair
- Best daySat81, Good, the best day
- Sun80, Good
- Mon55, Fair
Stay in Clanwilliam
- 69Good out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Tue67, Good
- Wed68, Good
- Thu64, Good
- Fri63, Good
- Sat53, Fair
- Sun67, Good
- Best dayMon82, Good, the best day
Stay in Krugersdorp
- 68Good out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Tue64, Good
- Wed58, Fair
- Thu37, Poor
- Fri55, Fair
- Best daySat84, Good, the best day
- Sun82, Good
- Mon60, Good
Stay in Clanwilliam
- 68Good out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Tue64, Good
- Wed58, Fair
- Thu37, Poor
- Fri55, Fair
- Best daySat84, Good, the best day
- Sun82, Good
- Mon60, Good
Stay in Clanwilliam
- 67Good out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Tue74, Good
- Wed68, Good
- Thu77, Good
- Fri25, Poor
- Sat16, Poor
- Best daySun82, Good, the best day
- Mon68, Good
Stay in Porterville
- 67Good out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Tue76, Good
- Wed64, Good
- Thu31, Poor
- Fri69, Good
- Sat33, Poor
- Best daySun82, Good, the best day
- Mon67, Good
Stay in Montagu
- 67Good out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Tue37, Poor
- Wed66, Good
- Thu70, Good
- Fri62, Good
- Sat63, Good
- Sun46, Fair
- Best dayMon87, Good, the best day
- 66Good out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Tue82, Good
- Wed69, Good
- Thu50, Fair
- Fri0, Poor
- Sat11, Poor
- Best daySun90, Good, the best day
- Mon72, Good
Stay in Paarl
- 66Good out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Tue82, Good
- Wed69, Good
- Thu50, Fair
- Fri0, Poor
- Sat11, Poor
- Best daySun90, Good, the best day
- Mon72, Good
Stay in Paarl
- 65Good out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Tue74, Good
- Wed69, Good
- Thu66, Good
- Fri73, Good
- Sat40, Poor
- Sun0, Poor
- Best dayMon77, Good, the best day
Stay in Clarendon Marine
- 59Fair out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Tue75, Good
- Wed68, Good
- Thu29, Poor
- Fri0, Poor
- Sat0, Poor
- Best daySun76, Good, the best day
- Mon69, Good
Stay in Fish Hoek
- 57Fair out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Tue50, Fair
- Wed55, Fair
- Thu55, Fair
- Fri53, Fair
- Sat42, Poor
- Sun55, Fair
- Best dayMon70, Good, the best day
Stay in Kosmos
- 53Fair out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Best dayTue74, Good, the best day
- Wed64, Good
- Thu0, Poor
- Fri0, Poor
- Sat0, Poor
- Sun69, Good
- Mon65, Good
Stay in Cape Town
- 48Fair out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Best dayTue75, Good, the best day
- Wed63, Good
- Thu19, Poor
- Fri0, Poor
- Sat0, Poor
- Sun34, Poor
- Mon67, Good
Stay in Hout Bay
- 43Poor out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Best dayTue73, Good, the best day
- Wed68, Good
- Thu11, Poor
- Fri0, Poor
- Sat0, Poor
- Sun0, Poor
- Mon68, Good
Stay in Simons Town
- 28Poor out of 100 for the next 7 days
- Tue0, Poor
- Wed0, Poor
- Thu50, Fair
- Best dayFri64, Good, the best day
- Sat28, Poor
- Sun0, Poor
- Mon0, Poor
Stay in Forest Hills
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Every country, A to Z (88)
Each country's climbing areas, on this list and map.
- Albania 1
- Andorra 2
- Argentina 12
- Armenia 1
- Australia 31
- Austria 274
- Belgium 23
- Bolivia 5
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 27
- Brazil 33
- Bulgaria 12
- Burkina Faso 1
- Canada 153
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- Chile 24
- China 15
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 7
- Colombia 1
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- Croatia 42
- Cuba 1
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- Czechia 254
- Denmark 2
- Ecuador 5
- Egypt 2
- Ethiopia 1
- Finland 71
- France 458
- Georgia 6
- Germany 322
- Ghana 1
- Greece 90
- Hungary 8
- Iceland 2
- India 2
- Indonesia 2
- Iran 1
- Ireland 12
- Israel 5
- Italy 463
- Japan 16
- Jordan 8
- Kazakhstan 2
- Kyrgyzstan 1
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 2
- Malaysia 3
- Malta 2
- Mexico 12
- Monaco 1
- Montenegro 5
- Morocco 10
- Namibia 1
- Nepal 1
- Netherlands 7
- New Zealand 15
- North Macedonia 1
- Norway 128
- Oman 2
- Panama 1
- Peru 1
- Philippines 1
- Poland 90
- Portugal 27
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- Romania 24
- Russian Federation 16
- Serbia 3
- Singapore 1
- Slovakia 56
- Slovenia 32
- South Africa 19
- Spain 157
- Sri Lanka 1
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- Sweden 57
- Switzerland 118
- Tajikistan 1
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- United Kingdom 115
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- Uzbekistan 1
- Viet Nam 5