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Our Lady of the Rocks

0.003 km² of land in Montenegro.

When to go

Our Lady of the Rocks seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
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Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

0.003km²

Area

0km

Coastline

26°C

Warmest sea

August

When to go to Our Lady of the Rocks

Best for the beach from July to September.

The sea is warmest in August (26 °C) and coolest in February (14 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from June to October.

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island

Our Lady of the Rocks is an island in Montenegro. It covers 0.003 km², with 0 km of coastline. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Getting there

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Our Lady of the Rocks.

  • 1ferry terminals

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 0 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 100 %0–50 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)781115202428292318138
Night low (°C)224812161919151173
Sea (°C)141414151923252624211816
Rain (mm)15615213810389674243116138187178
Wet days12111112119769111313
Sun h/day3.54.15.77.28.710.611.610.67.96.14.03.4
Wind (km/h)141515121010101011121415

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020+0.9+1.0+0.2−0.1−0.9−1.4+0.3+1.1+2.2+0.7+1.1+1.4
2021+1.4+0.8+0.3−0.6−0.7−0.2+1.3+1.3+0.9+0.8+1.4+1.0
2022+0.8+0.8+0.4−0.2+0.1+1.5+0.9−0.1+0.2−0.3+1.3+1.3
2023+1.2+0.4+0.5−0.2−0.4+0.3+1.6+0.8+0.7+2.0+2.1+0.3
2024+0.9+0.9+0.9+1.9+0.9+1.4+1.7+1.2+1.8+1.3+1.4+1.1
2025+1.8+1.6+1.1+0.5+0.1+0.8+0.4+0.1+1.8−0.4+0.1+1.0

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

X03.32 Risanski Zaliv, Gospa od Škrpjela, Sveti Ðorđe
Falk2 · CC BY-SA 4.0
2024-01-31 Our Lady of the Rocks seen from Lepetani
Alexkom000 · CC BY 4.0
Bay of Kotor with Sveti Đorđe and Our Lady of the Rocks
Gertjan R. · CC BY-SA 3.0
Perast Gospa od Škrpjela - Fensterrose
Wolfgang Sauber · CC BY-SA 4.0

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q1538617) · CC0
Outline© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
ClimateNASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
TownsGeoNames · CC BY 4.0
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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