Austria 
In numbers.
0.35m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Aug
Best months
1,081m
Elevation
The water at Gampfall, month by month
It roars from April to September.
The fullest months: from April to September, with the snowmelt.
- 0.2 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.4 m³/sMar
- 0.5 m³/sApr
- 0.6 m³/sMay
- 0.7 m³/sJun
- 0.6 m³/sJul
- 0.7 m³/sAug
- 0.5 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.2 m³/sNov
- 0.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.15 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.66 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to 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.
Gampfall is a waterfall in Austria.
Getting there.
- Nenzingnearest town · 3.3 km in a straight line
- Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 37 km in a straight lineCar hire at ACH airport (St. Gallen)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to 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 558 m in 2.5 km.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 2waymarked walking routesGampalpe (A) - Malbun, Bibelweg Stellveder nach Kühbruck
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 3campsitesAlpencamping Nenzing, Bikers Camping Area Einhorn, AlpinSpot Brand
- 67hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmLagant, Hotel Dunza, Abina and 64 more
- 4restaurants 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
- Nenzing3.3 km in a straight line
- Schlins4.8 km in a straight line
- Bludesch6.0 km in a straight line
- Satteins6.5 km in a straight line
- Frastanz7.6 km in a straight line
- Thüringen7.8 km in a straight line
- Nüziders8.9 km in a straight line
- Ludesch8.9 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 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 |
| Night °C | -8 | -7 | -3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | -1 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 92 | 70 | 91 | 93 | 147 | 173 | 169 | 185 | 121 | 103 | 91 | 93 |
| Wet days | 14 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 2.5 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 37 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 24 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,081 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 | 57% | 200% | 97% | 54% | 76% | 137% | 80% | 138% | 95% | 173% | 33% | 134% |
| 2021 | 265% | 98% | 117% | 66% | 140% | 98% | 220% | 119% | 82% | 56% | 105% | 136% |
| 2022 | 67% | 183% | 17% | 104% | 85% | 102% | 84% | 70% | 141% | 102% | 91% | 94% |
| 2023 | 60% | 59% | 145% | 175% | 138% | 46% | 116% | 140% | 86% | 125% | 248% | 211% |
| 2024 | 114% | 115% | 196% | 148% | 156% | 137% | 130% | 59% | 178% | 129% | 81% | 116% |
| 2025 | 115% | 45% | 79% | 82% | 111% | 93% | 170% | 97% | 145% | 100% | 104% | 25% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Gampfall
Austria
- —Height
- 0.35 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q73514708) · 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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