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Mönch

4,110 m13,484 ft

Prominence: 647 m2,124 ft
Isolation: 3.6 km
Tonight: -19°CSnow · Wind 8 km/h W

Mönch is a 4,110 m (13,484 ft) mountain in the Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 4,110 m · 13,484 ft
Nearest higher peak: Jungfrau (4,158 m)
Range: Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.5585° N, 7.9974° E

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3D map

Mönch 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mönch terrain and contours

100 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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mönch elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mönch weather

Tonight · Snow · -19°C (-2°F) · 1.7 mm · Wind 8 km/h W

Mönch forecast for the summit, about 4,110 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,740 m.

Tonight-19°1.7 mm8 km/h WBase -4°
Today-19°-15°12.7 mm8 km/h SWBase -4 / 0°
Sun-17°-6°9.5 mm11 km/h WBase -3 / 8°
Mon-15°-6°–6 km/h SWBase -1 / 8°
Tue-11°-1°–2 km/h NWBase 3 / 13°
Wed-12°-7°0.2 mm3 km/h NWBase 2 / 7°
Thu-12°-6°–2 km/h NBase 2 / 8°
Fri-14°-6°–3 km/h WBase 1 / 8°
Sat-14°-8°2.3 mm4 km/h WBase 0 / 6°
Sun-15°-11°6.8 mm5 km/h NWBase -1 / 3°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mönch

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mönch, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest hut
Mönchsjochhütte
0.8 km ESE · +2 more within 2.0 km
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Nearest parking
Coach Bus Parking
6.7 km WNW · +2 more within 6.9 km
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Nearest campsite
Breithorn
6.9 km W · +2 more within 7.2 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
MönchsjochhütteHut	0.8 km ESE
GuggihütteHut	1.8 km WNW
BerglihütteHut	2.0 km ENE
Coach Bus ParkingParking	6.7 km WNW
Parking	6.8 km N
Parking	6.9 km NNE
BreithornCampsite	6.9 km W
Camping HoldrioCampsite	6.9 km N
Camping Sand GrindelwaldCampsite	7.2 km NNE

Slope

Share of the 6.4 × 6.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

23.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

32.6%

Steep, 30–45°

22.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

21.0%

Steeper than 30°: 43.9% of the 41 km² view
Relief in view: 2,357 m low point 1,740 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 70.8%Bare rock / sparse 13.8%Grassland 13.3%Moss & lichen 1.0%Trees 0.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.2 km, measured from the Mönch summit.

Summit list 6

1Sphinx3,571 m 1.5 km SW
2Trugberg3,932 m 1.9 km SE
3Mathildespitze3,557 m 2.1 km SW
4Eiger3,967 m 2.2 km NNE
5Grosser Turm3,688 m 2.7 km NNE
6Walcherhorn3,692 m 2.9 km E

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.2 km; 199 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Yellow-billed Chough230
Whorled Lousewort19
Moss Campion18
Yellow Saxifrage16
Alpine Ibex14
Spiniest thistle14

Where it sits

Where Mönch sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

LauberhornPeak · 2,472 m5.3 km NW

More in the Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group 4

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGMönch satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

13 m low This 3D map reads 4,097 m at the summit; the official height is 4,110 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 31 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,110 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	4,097 m	-13 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,079 m	-31 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 2026-07-24)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: 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)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Mönch

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

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