Romania 
In numbers.
1.3m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr–Jul
Best months
369m
Elevation
The water at Ciucaş Fall, month by month
It roars from April to July.
The fullest months: from April to July. The thinnest: December.
- 0.7 m³/sJan
- 1.0 m³/sFeb
- 1.9 m³/sMar
- 2.5 m³/sApr
- 2.7 m³/sMay
- 3.0 m³/sJun
- 2.7 m³/sJul
- 1.9 m³/sAug
- 1.4 m³/sSep
- 1.4 m³/sOct
- 0.9 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.47 m³/s in the lowest month to 3.0 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to July.
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.
Ciucaş Fall is a waterfall in Romania.
Getting there.
- Moldoveneştinearest town · 4.5 km in a straight line
- Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport (CLJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 28 km in a straight lineCar hire at CLJ airport (Cluj-Napoca)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to Julybest months to go (estimate)
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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 55 m in 3.1 km. Here the river runs about 173 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 6waymarked walking routesCabana Cheile Turzii - Cabana Buru, Cornești - Valea Arinei - Cabana Cheile Turzii, Tureni - Piatra Secuiului - Cabana Râmeț - Platoul Ciumerna - Poiana cu narcise and 3 more
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmCascada Borzesti
- —caves
- 2campsitesCamping cheile-turzii.com, Camping Cheile Turzii
- 16hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHotel Cheile Turzii, Perla, Poarta Paradisului and 13 more
- 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
- Moldoveneşti4.5 km in a straight line
- Mihai Viteazu5.5 km in a straight line
- Petreştii de Jos5.7 km in a straight line
- Sănduleşti6.1 km in a straight line
- Copăceni8.2 km in a straight line
- Turda8.8 km in a straight line
- Tureni11 km in a straight line
- Iara12 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 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 3 |
| Night °C | -6 | -5 | -1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | -4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 29 | 28 | 38 | 52 | 78 | 100 | 89 | 65 | 50 | 50 | 36 | 34 |
| Wet days | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Sun h/day | 2.4 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 1.9 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 17 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (369 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
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 | 29% | 183% | 126% | 39% | 99% | 212% | 118% | 93% | 146% | 157% | 56% | 116% |
| 2021 | 175% | 116% | 121% | 115% | 129% | 57% | 106% | 100% | 97% | 28% | 98% | 226% |
| 2022 | 84% | 57% | 38% | 131% | 89% | 32% | 53% | 149% | 248% | 68% | 168% | 113% |
| 2023 | 216% | 177% | 85% | 135% | 65% | 142% | 88% | 96% | 105% | 62% | 211% | 115% |
| 2024 | 113% | 126% | 116% | 110% | 104% | 79% | 83% | 66% | 139% | 41% | 93% | 65% |
| 2025 | 49% | 22% | 160% | 69% | 134% | 16% | 129% | 76% | 108% | 123% | 160% | 15% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Ciucaş Fall
Romania
- —Height
- 1.3 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q12723593) · 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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