Moel Famau
- Prominence
- 282 m926 ft
- Isolation
- 14 km
- Tonight
- 4°CCloudy · Wind 25 km/h W
Moel Famau is a 555 m (1,820 ft) mountain in the Clwydian Range, Wales, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 555 m · 1,820 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Moel Fferna (630 m)
- Range
- Clwydian Range
- Region
- Wales, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 53.1543° N, 3.2556° W
Moel Famau 3D map
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Moel Famau terrain and contours
20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Moel Famau elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Moel Famau weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 4°C (39°F) · Wind 25 km/h W
Moel Famau forecast for the summit, about 555 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 53 m.
- Tonight4°–25 km/h WBase 7°
- Today5°12°10.7 mm57 km/h WBase 8 / 15°
- Sun4°8°0.5 mm60 km/h WBase 7 / 11°
- Mon5°13°4.7 mm38 km/h SWBase 8 / 16°
- Tue7°10°3.5 mm39 km/h SWBase 10 / 13°
- Wed6°11°–23 km/h SWBase 9 / 14°
- Thu6°10°–16 km/h SBase 9 / 13°
- Fri7°10°10.0 mm22 km/h SEBase 10 / 13°
- Sat5°9°3.7 mm20 km/h WBase 8 / 12°
- Sun3°5°18.6 mm23 km/h NWBase 6 / 8°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 72% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 1.2% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 503 m low point 53 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Moel Famau summit.
Summit list 5
- 1Moel Dywyll475 m 1.2 km WNW
- 2Moel Y Gaer330 m 1.6 km SW
- 3Ffrith Mountain378 m 1.7 km ENE
- 4Foel Fenlli511 m 2.6 km S
- 5Fron Hen458 m 2.7 km SE
Where Moel Famau sits
- Region
- Wales60United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
Moel Famau downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 556 m at the summit; the official height is 555 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 555 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 556 m | +1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 549 m | -6 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-15)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)