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Rim to floor
Afternoons, up top and down below.
In August the afternoon reaches 18 °C. The best months to hike are from July to September. The wettest months are from October to January.
- 9°9°Jan
- 8°8°Feb
- 9°9°Mar
- 11°11°Apr
- 13°13°May
- 16°16°Jun
- 18°18°Jul
- 18°18°Aug
- 18°18°Sep
- 15°15°Oct
- 12°12°Nov
- 10°10°Dec
Afternoon highs, 1991–2020 averages (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the rim and of the floor with the standard lapse rate (6.5 °C per 1 000 m). Shade, wind and rock change this on the day. Not a forecast.
Canyon in the United Kingdom
Luccombe Chine is a canyon in United Kingdom, cut by the Chine Stream.
Getting there.
- Shanklinnearest town · 1.8 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,100 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Viewpointsnearest viewpoint · 0.4 km from the floor
- Southampton Airport (SOU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 40 km in a straight lineCar hire at SOU airport (Southampton)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
- From July to Septemberbest months to hike (estimate)
Plan the visit
Guided hikes, a bed nearby, a car.
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Towns nearby
- Shanklin1.8 km in a straight line
- Ventnor2.7 km in a straight line
- Wroxall3.3 km in a straight line
- Sandown4.7 km in a straight line
- Godshill6.0 km in a straight line
- Newchurch6.7 km in a straight line
- Niton8.0 km in a straight line
- Brading8.1 km in a straight line
In our other atlases
What else is around Luccombe Chine.
The river that carved it, the waterfalls inside it, the mountains on the rim, the lakes, beaches and island nearby — from our six sister atlases, each with its own figures.
Peakyas4 mountains within 15 km
Coastya4 beaches within 15 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Month by month
The weather, at the floor and at the rim.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon · floor | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Afternoon · rim | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Night · rim | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 86 | 67 | 59 | 45 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 58 | 46 | 88 | 96 | 94 |
| Rainy days | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| Sun hours/day | 1.5 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Afternoon · floor | Afternoon · rim | Night · rim | Rain (mm) | Sun hours/day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | 9 | 7 | 86 | 1.5 |
| Feb | 8 | 8 | 6 | 67 | 2.8 |
| Mar | 9 | 9 | 7 | 59 | 4.7 |
| Apr | 11 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 7.4 |
| May | 13 | 13 | 11 | 49 | 8.2 |
| Jun | 16 | 16 | 13 | 49 | 8.8 |
| Jul | 18 | 18 | 16 | 51 | 8.7 |
| Aug | 18 | 18 | 16 | 58 | 7.4 |
| Sep | 18 | 18 | 15 | 46 | 6.2 |
| Oct | 15 | 15 | 13 | 88 | 3.5 |
| Nov | 12 | 12 | 10 | 96 | 1.9 |
| Dec | 10 | 10 | 8 | 94 | 1.2 |
Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the floor (— m) and the rim (— m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.
Photographs
Seen from the trail.
Recent years
Wet years, dry years.
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 113% | 240% | 111% | 117% | 10% | 70% | 73% | 123% | 83% | 198% | 72% | 180% |
| 2021 | 141% | 97% | 61% | 16% | 172% | 173% | 196% | 62% | 107% | 173% | 27% | 91% |
| 2022 | 43% | 117% | 112% | 50% | 78% | 88% | 7% | 58% | 190% | 112% | 187% | 119% |
| 2023 | 140% | 15% | 192% | 169% | 75% | 93% | 167% | 112% | 136% | 165% | 167% | 135% |
| 2024 | 101% | 242% | 168% | 158% | 155% | 31% | 120% | 76% | 315% | 107% | 88% | 60% |
| 2025 | 163% | 96% | 22% | 77% | 62% | 83% | 97% | 48% | 119% | 106% | 96% | 120% |
130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month
Compare with the neighbours.
Luccombe Chine
United Kingdom
- —Depth
- —Rim to rim
- —Length
- —Steepest wall
Burrington Combe
United Kingdom · 138 km
- 162 mDepth
- 7.5 kmRim to rim
- —Length
- 16°Steepest wall
Where these figures come from
| Name, type, published depth and length | Wikidata (Q6696411) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Viewpoints, trails, bridges and the river line | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Rivers, waterfalls, mountains, lakes, beaches and islands nearby | Coastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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