Italy 
In numbers.
0.25m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Aug
Best months
1,242m
Elevation
The water at Barbian waterfalls, month by month
It roars from May to September.
The fullest months: from May to September. Below −4 °C on average (January): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.2 m³/sMar
- 0.3 m³/sApr
- 0.5 m³/sMay
- 0.5 m³/sJun
- 0.5 m³/sJul
- 0.5 m³/sAug
- 0.4 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.3 m³/sNov
- 0.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.07 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.52 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.
Barbian waterfalls is a waterfall in Italy.
Getting there.
- Barbiano - Barbiannearest town · 1.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 720 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Bolzano Airport (BZO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 21 km in a straight lineCar hire at BZO airport (Bolzano)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to Augustbest 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 1,032 m in 3.5 km.
What is around.
- 4viewpoints
- 33waymarked walking routesKeschtnweg - Sentiero del Castagno, Wasserfallweg - Sentiero delle cascate, 28 - Saubacher Kofelweg and 30 more
- 20car parks
- —swimming spots
- 4picnic sites
- —toilets
- 21information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmUnterer Barbianer Wasserfall, Cura Kneipp
- —caves
- 3campsitesAnsitz Gamp, Gamp
- 276hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmTanovinum, Waldhotel Tann, Briol - Haupthaus and 273 more
- 18restaurants 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
- Barbiano - Barbian1.5 km in a straight line
- Barbiano1.5 km in a straight line
- Ponte Gardena2.3 km in a straight line
- Villandro - Villanders4.2 km in a straight line
- Villandro4.3 km in a straight line
- Laion4.9 km in a straight line
- Castelrotto6.0 km in a straight line
- Chiusa6.5 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 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| Night °C | -9 | -8 | -4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | -1 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 34 | 36 | 46 | 65 | 97 | 107 | 114 | 126 | 88 | 87 | 82 | 46 |
| Wet days | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Sun h/day | 4.4 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 23 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,242 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 | 39% | 69% | 96% | 58% | 77% | 129% | 91% | 177% | 103% | 195% | 13% | 303% |
| 2021 | 226% | 89% | 65% | 76% | 123% | 62% | 145% | 100% | 96% | 73% | 142% | 59% |
| 2022 | 58% | 87% | 11% | 105% | 80% | 99% | 90% | 92% | 248% | 65% | 69% | 81% |
| 2023 | 78% | 22% | 85% | 109% | 211% | 122% | 155% | 113% | 59% | 153% | 105% | 151% |
| 2024 | 115% | 170% | 172% | 80% | 173% | 139% | 90% | 50% | 160% | 165% | 11% | 58% |
| 2025 | 152% | 52% | 134% | 89% | 140% | 80% | 143% | 109% | 168% | 67% | 144% | 67% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Barbian waterfalls
Italy
- —Height
- 0.25 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q3661559) · 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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