North Macedonia 
In numbers.
0.18m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–May
Nov
Best months
891m
Elevation
The water at Duf Falls, month by month
It roars from November to May.
The fullest months: from November to May. The thinnest: from July to August.
- 0.3 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.3 m³/sMar
- 0.3 m³/sApr
- 0.3 m³/sMay
- 0.2 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.3 m³/sNov
- 0.3 m³/sDec
From about 0.05 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.35 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to May and November.
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.
Getting there.
- Rostusanearest town · 0.9 km in a straight line
- Parking 750 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport (OHD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 49 km in a straight lineCar hire at OHD airport (Ohrid)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to May and Novemberbest 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 222 m in 1.2 km. Here the river runs about 86 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 2waymarked walking routesHigh Scardus Trail, Sammiana Z2
- 4car parks
- —swimming spots
- 3picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 1bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsitesРадика Присојница
- 4hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmХотел НЕДА - Галичник, Хотел Туто, Guest Mansion and 1 more
- 5restaurants 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
- Rostusa0.9 km in a straight line
- Maqellarë9.4 km in a straight line
- Debar11 km in a straight line
- Melan12 km in a straight line
- Centar Župa14 km in a straight line
- Gjorica e Sipërme14 km in a straight line
- Shupenzë16 km in a straight line
- Peshkopi16 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 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 5 |
| Night °C | -4 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 74 | 66 | 65 | 63 | 65 | 47 | 33 | 32 | 68 | 82 | 89 | 85 |
| Wet days | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
| Sun h/day | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 3.2 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (891 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% | 73% | 126% | 89% | 54% | 58% | 109% | 190% | 65% | 134% | 39% | 113% |
| 2021 | 289% | 106% | 78% | 233% | 30% | 52% | 73% | 42% | 60% | 131% | 102% | 119% |
| 2022 | 37% | 137% | 43% | 85% | 58% | 293% | 77% | 106% | 90% | 55% | 110% | 107% |
| 2023 | 136% | 20% | 117% | 116% | 155% | 308% | 66% | 85% | 45% | 57% | 219% | 66% |
| 2024 | 110% | 38% | 148% | 129% | 138% | 50% | 39% | 63% | 137% | 79% | 99% | 167% |
| 2025 | 95% | 24% | 125% | 82% | 108% | 17% | 25% | 84% | 54% | 138% | 271% | 32% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Duf Falls
North Macedonia
- —Height
- 0.18 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–May, NovBest months
Kamenjane Waterfalls
North Macedonia
- 5 mHeight
- 0.25 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–May, NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q5312295) · 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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