Russia 
In numbers.
Apr–Jun
Best months
182m
Elevation
The water at Atysh waterfall, month by month
It roars from April to May.
The fullest months: from April to May, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from December to February. Below −4 °C on average (from November to March): the falls can partly freeze.
- 4%Jan
- 6%Feb
- 26%Mar
- 100%Apr
- 100%May
- 67%Jun
- 40%Jul
- 32%Aug
- 36%Sep
- 36%Oct
- 30%Nov
- 15%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Atysh waterfall is a waterfall in Russia.
Getting there.
- Ufa International Airport (UFA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 90 km in a straight line
- From April to Junebest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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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 158 m in 2.7 km. Here the river runs about 83 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpointsВид на реку Лемеза, Водопад Атыш
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 2caves
- 3campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —restaurants 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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | -9 | -7 | -1 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 7 | -2 | -8 |
| Night °C | -16 | -15 | -8 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 0 | -7 | -14 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 44 | 39 | 55 | 54 | 77 | 86 | 77 | 71 | 69 | 76 | 61 | 46 |
| Wet days | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 2.5 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 48 | 57 | 58 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 32 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (182 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 | 163% | 185% | 97% | 199% | 57% | 76% | 133% | 191% | 109% | 67% | 67% | 42% |
| 2021 | 134% | 133% | 101% | 72% | 25% | 69% | 56% | 10% | 101% | 81% | 99% | 146% |
| 2022 | 119% | 120% | 94% | 142% | 198% | 178% | 74% | 15% | 111% | 81% | 164% | 86% |
| 2023 | 78% | 102% | 102% | 45% | 27% | 58% | 76% | 91% | 126% | 168% | 135% | 141% |
| 2024 | 112% | 80% | 66% | 92% | 98% | 185% | 271% | 209% | 33% | 47% | 119% | 122% |
| 2025 | 160% | 41% | 142% | 158% | 97% | 145% | 134% | 207% | 71% | 96% | 133% | 118% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Atysh waterfall
Russia
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr–JunBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4072321) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| 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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