Austria 
In numbers.
2.9m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
1,051m
Elevation
The water at Gasteiner Wasserfall, month by month
It roars from May to September.
The fullest months: from May to September.
- 1.1 m³/sJan
- 0.9 m³/sFeb
- 2.5 m³/sMar
- 4.0 m³/sApr
- 5.0 m³/sMay
- 5.5 m³/sJun
- 5.7 m³/sJul
- 6.1 m³/sAug
- 4.8 m³/sSep
- 3.8 m³/sOct
- 3.0 m³/sNov
- 1.8 m³/sDec
From about 0.88 m³/s in the lowest month to 6.1 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
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 Austria
Gasteiner Wasserfall is a waterfall in Austria.
Getting there.
- Bad Gasteinnearest town · 0.2 km in a straight line
- Parking 70 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Salzburg Airport (SZG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 76 km in a straight lineCar hire at SZG airport (Salzburg)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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 227 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 237 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 15viewpointsWasserfall, Blick nach Bad Hofgastein, Hermann Altenhuber Platzl and 12 more
- 10waymarked walking routesSalzburger Almenweg, Böcksteiner Waldweg, Gasteiner Höhenweg and 7 more
- 112car parks
- —swimming spots
- 2picnic sites
- 11toilets
- 16information boards and visitor centres
- 17bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 4campsitesBertahof – Camping, Camping Erlengrund, Pub Gastein and 1 more
- 201hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmPension Gruber Toni, Haus Rebhan, Haus Eleonore and 198 more
- 51restaurants 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
- Bad Gastein0.2 km in a straight line
- Anger5.2 km in a straight line
- Bad Hofgastein7.1 km in a straight line
- Hüttschlag10 km in a straight line
- Mallnitz14 km in a straight line
- Grossarl14 km in a straight line
- Dorfgastein14 km in a straight line
- Rauris16 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 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| Night °C | -8 | -7 | -3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 59 | 55 | 71 | 82 | 127 | 151 | 167 | 175 | 126 | 106 | 96 | 70 |
| Wet days | 12 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 3.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 29 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,051 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 | 36% | 104% | 121% | 59% | 106% | 133% | 136% | 176% | 135% | 187% | 22% | 298% |
| 2021 | 155% | 88% | 48% | 62% | 152% | 67% | 115% | 108% | 60% | 50% | 132% | 94% |
| 2022 | 66% | 84% | 23% | 96% | 96% | 101% | 86% | 97% | 113% | 73% | 85% | 95% |
| 2023 | 102% | 53% | 110% | 125% | 146% | 78% | 153% | 136% | 39% | 142% | 162% | 182% |
| 2024 | 107% | 148% | 141% | 116% | 159% | 154% | 103% | 69% | 187% | 147% | 15% | 62% |
| 2025 | 95% | 54% | 162% | 81% | 137% | 85% | 142% | 80% | 111% | 73% | 100% | 32% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Gasteiner Wasserfall
Austria
- —Height
- 2.9 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1436717) · 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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