Wales

Rhondda

Floor52 m171 ft

Depth: 324 m
Rim: 480 m
Length: 20.2 km
Tonight: 5°CCloudy · Wind 20 km/h W

Rhondda is up to 324 m deep: the rim reaches 480 m and the floor 52 m, along 20.2 km.

All facts

Floor: 52 m

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3D map

Rhondda 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Rhondda topographic map

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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Rhondda elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Print & wall

JPGRhondda satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-08-16.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Depth

Depth of Rhondda

Up to 324 m deep (typically 262 m) along the 20.2 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

Weather

Rhondda weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · 0.6 mm · Wind 20 km/h W

Rhondda forecast for about 480 m.

Tonight5°0.6 mm20 km/h W
Today6°12°44.2 mm52 km/h W
Sun7°9°1.9 mm43 km/h W
Mon7°13°27.6 mm40 km/h SW
Tue8°11°5.5 mm33 km/h SW
Wed8°11°1.6 mm24 km/h W
Thu7°11°0.8 mm12 km/h SE
Fri7°11°6.8 mm17 km/h SE
Sat4°9°0.3 mm12 km/h NW
Sun2°7°0.1 mm19 km/h NW

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Rhondda

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

Nearest parking
0.2 km SSE
+2 more within 0.4 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Our Welsh Cavaran & Camping
6.0 km SW
Directions Map

All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Parking	0.2 km SSE
Parking	0.2 km SE
Parking	0.4 km ESE
Our Welsh Cavaran & CampingCampsite	6.0 km SW

Slope

Share of the 15.2 × 15.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 73% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

72.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

24.6%

Steep, 30–45°

2.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 2.6% of the 231 km² view
Relief in view: 503 m low point 51 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 46.6%Grassland 44.8%Built-up 8.2%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.6 km of Rhondda.

Summit list 9

1Mynydd yr Eglwys435 m 2.4 km WNW
2Mynydd Troed-y-rhiw328 m 3.0 km SE
3Cefn Gwyngul (south trigpoint)356 m 4.4 km SE
4Mynydd Pen-y-graig416 m 4.7 km S
5Mynydd Dinas312 m 4.8 km SSE
6Twyn y glog294 m 5.7 km ESE
7Mynydd y Glyn377 m 6.6 km SSE
8Pen y Foel331 m 7.2 km E
9Mynydd Gelliwion328 m 7.6 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.6 km; 793 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Himalayan balsam22
Common Slowworm22
Viviparous Lizard20
Asian Lady Beetle19
Fireweed19
Purple foxglove16

Where it sits

Where Rhondda sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Afan Forest Park20 km W

Sources

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 2025 (scene 2025-08-16)
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
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Rhondda

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite