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Semmering Pass

950 m3,117 ft

Tonight: 3°CRain · Wind 11 km/h NW

Semmering Pass is a mountain pass at 950 m in Lower Austria, Austria.

All facts

Saddle: 950 m
Lowest point: 851 m / 699 m

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Pass

Semmering Pass: the climb from each side

No mapped road or trail crosses the saddle.

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Semmering Pass 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Semmering Pass terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Semmering Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Semmering Pass weather

Tonight · Rain · 3°C (37°F) · 3.3 mm · Wind 11 km/h NW

Semmering Pass forecast for about 950 m.

Tonight3°3.3 mm11 km/h NW
Today-1°5°0.6 mm15 km/h NW
Sun-1°8°3.3 mm23 km/h W
Mon1°8°–23 km/h NW
Tue2°8°0.2 mm6 km/h W
Wed4°13°2.2 mm14 km/h NW
Thu0°8°0.1 mm13 km/h N
Fri0°8°0.3 mm7 km/h N
Sat-1°5°0.9 mm6 km/h N
Sun0°7°0.3 mm5 km/h W

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 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

23.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

54.2%

Steep, 30–45°

21.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.4%

Steeper than 30°: 22.0% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 973 m low point 550 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 84.3%Grassland 13.6%Built-up 1.8%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Semmering Pass.

Summit list 6

1Dürriegel1,463 m 2.5 km ESE
2Erzkogel1,504 m 2.8 km ESE
3Sonnwendstein1,523 m 2.9 km E
4Dürrkogel1,423 m 3.2 km ESE
5Ochnerhöhe1,403 m 3.4 km WNW
6Alpkogel1,414 m 3.5 km ESE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 1,009 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common Spotted Orchid87
European Cyclamen65
Spring Heath56
Bird's-nest orchid51
Christmas-rose50
Narrow-leaved Helleborine48

Where it sits

Where Semmering Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

ReisalpePeak · 1,399 m38 km NNW

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Print & wall

JPGSemmering Pass satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-30.

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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 2026 (scene 2026-09-30)
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