
In numbers.
0.79m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr–Jun
Aug
Best months
379m
Elevation
The water at Dreimühlen waterfall, month by month
It roars in August and from November to June.
It carries water fairly evenly through the year.
- 1.1 m³/sJan
- 1.1 m³/sFeb
- 1.4 m³/sMar
- 1.1 m³/sApr
- 0.9 m³/sMay
- 0.7 m³/sJun
- 0.5 m³/sJul
- 0.6 m³/sAug
- 0.3 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.7 m³/sNov
- 0.8 m³/sDec
From about 0.29 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.4 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and 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.
Waterfall in Üxheim, Germany
Dreimühlen waterfall is a waterfall in Germany. It lies within Ahbachtal.
Getting there.
- Üxheimnearest town · 3.1 km in a straight line
- Parking 760 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 55 km in a straight lineCar hire at HHN airport (Frankfurt am Main)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to June and Augustbest 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 15 m in 0.1 km. Here the river runs about 26 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpoints
- 4waymarked walking routesEifelsteig, Genuss zu Fuß, Hocheifelweg and 1 more
- 17car parks
- —swimming spots
- 11picnic sites
- —toilets
- 12information boards and visitor centres
- 1bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 2campsitesBirkenhof, Frings-Mühle
- 17hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmZur Pfeffermühle, Ferienhaus Felschbachtal, Ferienwohnungen Eichenhof and 14 more
- 6restaurants 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
- Üxheim3.1 km in a straight line
- Hillesheim8.0 km in a straight line
- Kelberg11 km in a straight line
- Pelm12 km in a straight line
- Lissendorf12 km in a straight line
- Adenau13 km in a straight line
- Jünkerath14 km in a straight line
- Gerolstein14 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 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 |
| Night °C | -2 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 63 | 55 | 56 | 47 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 80 | 58 | 59 | 63 | 67 |
| Wet days | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 16 |
| Sun h/day | 1.1 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (379 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 | 71% | 199% | 125% | 35% | 39% | 87% | 51% | 77% | 72% | 142% | 56% | 112% |
| 2021 | 138% | 76% | 73% | 105% | 92% | 126% | 228% | 104% | 65% | 75% | 55% | 83% |
| 2022 | 97% | 101% | 30% | 113% | 62% | 116% | 33% | 33% | 198% | 99% | 108% | 104% |
| 2023 | 141% | 53% | 170% | 129% | 83% | 56% | 124% | 147% | 92% | 168% | 173% | 133% |
| 2024 | 110% | 177% | 135% | 186% | 248% | 147% | 113% | 73% | 157% | 166% | 101% | 91% |
| 2025 | 178% | 58% | 27% | 155% | 62% | 66% | 96% | 32% | 234% | 138% | 64% | 47% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1258002) · 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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