Mount Kilimanjaro
- Easiest route
- 4.9 km+1,185 m · about 3 h · T2
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- -9°CLight snow showers · Wind 5 km/h SW
Mount Kilimanjaro is a 5,895 m (19,341 ft) dormant volcano in the East African mountains, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania.
All facts
- Elevation
- 5,895 m · 19,341 ft
- Prominence
- 5,895 m · 19,341 ft
- Range
- East African mountains
- Region
- Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
- Protected area
- Kilimanjaro National Park
- Spanish name
- Kilimanjaro
- Coordinates
- 3.0765° S, 37.3537° E
How to get to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 4.0 km E of Mount Kilimanjaro
- Distance
- 4.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,185 m−12 m (3,888 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Kilimanjaro 3D map
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Mount Kilimanjaro terrain and contours
200 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Kilimanjaro weather
Tonight · Light snow showers · -9°C (16°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 5 km/h SW
Mount Kilimanjaro forecast for the summit, about 5,895 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,702 m.
- Tonight-9°0.1 mm5 km/h SWBase -2°
- Today-11°-4°33.5 mm18 km/h SBase -4 / 3°
- Sun-11°-4°38.9 mm18 km/h SBase -4 / 3°
- Mon-7°-4°48.3 mm17 km/h SEBase 0 / 3°
- Tue-7°-6°32.0 mm5 km/h SWBase 0 / 2°
- Wed-9°-6°40.4 mm7 km/h SWBase -2 / 1°
- Thu-9°-5°48.1 mm8 km/h WBase -2 / 2°
- Fri-8°-6°59.9 mm8 km/h WBase -1 / 1°
- Sat-9°-6°45.0 mm4 km/h SWBase -2 / 1°
- Sun-7°-6°40.7 mm5 km/h SWBase 0 / 1°
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, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Kilimanjaro
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Kilimanjaro, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Crater Camp
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Crater CampCampsite | 0.4 km NNW |
| Arrow glacier campCampsite | 2.0 km WNW |
| Lava Tower CampCampsite | 3.1 km WNW |
How steep is the route to Mount Kilimanjaro?
The easiest mapped route, 4.9 km from 4,702 m to 5,895 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.
- 0–15°2.5 km
- 15–30°2.3 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 50 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
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.
Where Mount Kilimanjaro sits
Ranked in 2
Nearby places
Mount Kilimanjaro downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 5,887 m at the summit; the official height is 5,895 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 5,895 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 5,887 m | -8 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 5,881 m | -14 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 2026-08-10)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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