Mulhacén · 3,479 m · 4.9 km E

Mountain · Sierra Nevada · Andalusia

Veleta

3,396 m11,142 ft

Prominence: 313 m1,025 ft
Isolation: 4.6 km
Tonight: -3°CFair · Wind 3 km/h S

Veleta is a 3,396 m (11,142 ft) mountain in the Sierra Nevada, Andalusia, Spain.

All facts

Elevation: 3,396 m · 11,142 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mulhacén (3,479 m)
Range: Sierra Nevada
Region: Andalusia, Spain
Spanish name: Pico Veleta
Coordinates: 37.0557° N, 3.3657° W

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3D map

Veleta 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Veleta topographic map

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 summit

Veleta elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

Veleta downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGVeleta satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-22.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Veleta weather

Tonight · Fair · -3°C (27°F) · Wind 3 km/h S

Veleta forecast for the summit, about 3,396 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,984 m.

Tonight-3°–3 km/h SBase 5°
Today-4°4°–11 km/h NWBase 5 / 12°
Sun-1°7°–10 km/h NBase 7 / 15°
Mon0°9°–8 km/h NWBase 8 / 17°
Tue0°7°2.0 mm8 km/h WBase 8 / 15°
Wed-1°4°6.7 mm6 km/h WBase 7 / 12°
Thu-2°4°1.6 mm5 km/h NBase 6 / 12°
Fri-3°5°–7 km/h NWBase 5 / 14°
Sat-3°6°–7 km/h NWBase 5 / 14°
Sun-5°5°7.6 mm6 km/h WBase 4 / 13°

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.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

18.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

51.7%

Steep, 30–45°

26.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.6%

Steeper than 30°: 30.3% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,396 m low point 1,984 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 74.0%Grassland 22.6%Shrubland 3.1%

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 Veleta summit.

Summit list 7

1Cerro de los Machos3,329 m 0.7 km ENE
2Puntal de Loma Púa3,226 m 1.0 km SSW
3Tajos de la Virgen Oriental3,216 m 1.1 km SW
4Tajos de la Virgen Central3,228 m 1.3 km SW
5Tajos de la Virgen3,239 m 1.5 km SW
6Tajos de la Virgen SW (3213 m)3,213 m 2.1 km SW
7Tajos del Nevero3,198 m 2.5 km WSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 194 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Alpine Accentor46
Iberian Ibex45
Plantago nivalis43
Northern Wheatear36
Viola crassiuscula35
Erodium cheilanthifolium30

Where it sits

Where Veleta sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

JabalcónPeak · 1,494 m75 km NE

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

16 m low This 3D map reads 3,380 m at the summit; the official height is 3,396 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,396 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,380 m	-16 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,367 m	-29 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 2026-08-22)
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