Ukraine 
In numbers.
Apr–Jun
Oct
Best months
955m
Elevation
The water at Dhzurla, month by month
It roars from January to April and in November.
The fullest months: from January to April and November. Below −4 °C on average (January): the falls can partly freeze.
- 77%Jan
- 81%Feb
- 100%Mar
- 94%Apr
- 71%May
- 61%Jun
- 43%Jul
- 35%Aug
- 40%Sep
- 65%Oct
- 79%Nov
- 75%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and October.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Luchystenearest town · 4.0 km in a straight line
- Gelendzhik Airport (GDZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 284 km in a straight lineCar hire at ODS airport (Odesa)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to June and Octoberbest 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 628 m in 2.8 km. Here the river runs about 111 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 10viewpointsКольну-Кая, Вид на долину привидений and 8 more
- 9waymarked walking routes138, Коровья тропа, 130 and 6 more
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- 6picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 4other named waterfalls within 4 kmГейзер, Урлюк Кабан, Космос and 1 more
- 1caves
- 61campsitesКурлюк-Баш-1, Курлюк-Баш-2, Поляна МАН and 58 more
- 24hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmЧерная лошадь, Да Васко, Аллюр and 21 more
- 2restaurants 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
- Luchyste4.0 km in a straight line
- Izobilne9.2 km in a straight line
- Sonyachnohirske9.3 km in a straight line
- Alushta10 km in a straight line
- Malorichenske10 km in a straight line
- Perevalne13 km in a straight line
- Rybach'e14 km in a straight line
- Zarechnoye16 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 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| Night °C | -8 | -7 | -5 | -1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | -2 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 47 | 35 | 34 | 31 | 42 | 51 | 39 | 37 | 37 | 46 | 43 | 43 |
| Wet days | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 7.5 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (955 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 | 47% | 165% | 25% | 66% | 131% | 75% | 136% | 96% | 175% | 69% | 59% | 64% |
| 2021 | 127% | 111% | 116% | 115% | 149% | 175% | 158% | 221% | 198% | 24% | 126% | 174% |
| 2022 | 103% | 154% | 81% | 176% | 110% | 220% | 78% | 139% | 85% | 61% | 90% | 124% |
| 2023 | 29% | 163% | 44% | 192% | 126% | 378% | 146% | 68% | 31% | 45% | 338% | 127% |
| 2024 | 200% | 58% | 58% | 32% | 68% | 132% | 37% | 75% | 77% | 163% | 99% | 81% |
| 2025 | 45% | 72% | 45% | 136% | 53% | 31% | 21% | 18% | 148% | 191% | 61% | 95% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Dhzurla
Ukraine
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr–Jun, OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q16246046) · 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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