Ukraine 
In numbers.
3m
Height
Apr–Jul
Best months
590m
Elevation
The water at Bytkivchyk Waterfall, month by month
It roars from April to July.
The fullest months: from April to July. The thinnest: December. Below −4 °C on average (January): the falls can partly freeze.
- 30%Jan
- 43%Feb
- 61%Mar
- 75%Apr
- 97%May
- 100%Jun
- 92%Jul
- 65%Aug
- 56%Sep
- 47%Oct
- 32%Nov
- 22%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to July.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Bytkivchyk Waterfall is a waterfall in Ukraine. The water falls 3 m.
Getting there.
- Bytkivnearest town · 3.8 km in a straight line
- Maramureș International Airport (BAY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 130 km in a straight lineCar hire at IFO airport (Ivano-Frankivsk)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to Julybest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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How big is it?
How big it really is.
Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.
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.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 1waymarked walking routesЗелений
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 6other named waterfalls within 4 kmБухтівецький водоспад, Крапельковий водоспад, Водоспад Бухтівецький Верхній and 3 more
- —caves
- 8campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- 1restaurants 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
- Bytkiv3.8 km in a straight line
- Maniava4.2 km in a straight line
- Markova5.5 km in a straight line
- Pasichna7.2 km in a straight line
- Solotvyn8.0 km in a straight line
- Pniv8.3 km in a straight line
- Hvizd11 km in a straight line
- Nadvirna11 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 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| Night °C | -8 | -7 | -3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | -1 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 43 | 45 | 57 | 62 | 111 | 124 | 119 | 78 | 74 | 64 | 48 | 45 |
| Wet days | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Sun h/day | 2.4 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 20 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (590 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 | 38% | 164% | 96% | 45% | 130% | 202% | 125% | 59% | 157% | 155% | 41% | 109% |
| 2021 | 123% | 148% | 131% | 127% | 112% | 88% | 123% | 112% | 60% | 22% | 78% | 229% |
| 2022 | 114% | 72% | 22% | 98% | 40% | 46% | 53% | 89% | 257% | 64% | 134% | 165% |
| 2023 | 132% | 145% | 77% | 179% | 48% | 148% | 127% | 106% | 50% | 84% | 179% | 150% |
| 2024 | 138% | 115% | 96% | 92% | 46% | 83% | 76% | 55% | 157% | 74% | 86% | 74% |
| 2025 | 73% | 28% | 103% | 130% | 108% | 22% | 134% | 60% | 115% | 88% | 94% | 46% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Bytkivchyk Waterfall
Ukraine
- 3 mHeight
- —Average flow
- Apr–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q108534985) · 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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