Switzerland 
In numbers.
0.59m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Aug
Best months
475m
Elevation
The water at Aabach Wasserfall, month by month
It roars from April to August.
The fullest months: from April to August.
- 0.4 m³/sJan
- 0.4 m³/sFeb
- 0.6 m³/sMar
- 0.7 m³/sApr
- 0.9 m³/sMay
- 0.9 m³/sJun
- 0.8 m³/sJul
- 0.8 m³/sAug
- 0.6 m³/sSep
- 0.5 m³/sOct
- 0.4 m³/sNov
- 0.4 m³/sDec
From about 0.37 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.89 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to August.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Aabach Wasserfall is a waterfall in Switzerland.
Getting there.
- Au / Unter-Dorfnearest town · 1.1 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,110 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Zürich Airport (ZRH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 km in a straight lineCar hire at ZRH airport (Zurich)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to Augustbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 102 m in 2.4 km.
What is around.
- 12viewpointsEichenbänkli and 11 more
- 27waymarked walking routesZürichsee Rundweg - Etappe 3, Saumweg, Wädenswiler Seeuferweg and 24 more
- 173car parks
- 2swimming spotsHorgenbergweiher
- 16picnic sites
- 10toilets
- 8information boards and visitor centres
- 11bus stops within 1 km
- 9other named waterfalls within 4 kmBeugenbach-Wasserfall V, Beugenbach-Wasserfall III, Beugenbach-Wasserfall IV and 6 more
- 3caves
- 3campsitesSihlwald, Geissau
- 19hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmEngel, Cantina Theresa, Rössli and 16 more
- 51restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Au / Unter-Dorf1.1 km in a straight line
- Horgen / Allmend1.4 km in a straight line
- Au1.7 km in a straight line
- Au / Mittel-Dorf1.9 km in a straight line
- Horgen / Horgen (Dorfkern)2.3 km in a straight line
- Wädenswil / Hangenmoos2.5 km in a straight line
- Horgen2.8 km in a straight line
- Horgen / Oberdorf3.1 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| Night °C | -3 | -3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 101 | 80 | 102 | 107 | 163 | 176 | 173 | 190 | 124 | 110 | 103 | 106 |
| Wet days | 14 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Sun h/day | 2.5 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 32 | 36 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (475 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 51% | 177% | 83% | 46% | 69% | 127% | 69% | 142% | 88% | 167% | 31% | 122% |
| 2021 | 241% | 83% | 102% | 57% | 126% | 116% | 241% | 104% | 80% | 56% | 88% | 121% |
| 2022 | 59% | 156% | 18% | 90% | 73% | 94% | 75% | 75% | 143% | 91% | 80% | 84% |
| 2023 | 55% | 50% | 131% | 146% | 111% | 44% | 108% | 129% | 86% | 123% | 215% | 178% |
| 2024 | 105% | 98% | 183% | 134% | 155% | 127% | 118% | 57% | 167% | 122% | 76% | 107% |
| 2025 | 106% | 43% | 71% | 75% | 92% | 82% | 161% | 92% | 153% | 89% | 96% | 22% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Aabach Wasserfall
Switzerland
- —Height
- 0.59 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q31864094) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX 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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