Germany 
In numbers.
0.54m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–May
Nov
Best months
321m
Elevation
The water at Geroldsau Waterfall, month by month
It roars from November to May.
The fullest months: from November to May.
- 0.9 m³/sJan
- 0.8 m³/sFeb
- 0.9 m³/sMar
- 0.6 m³/sApr
- 0.8 m³/sMay
- 0.5 m³/sJun
- 0.4 m³/sJul
- 0.3 m³/sAug
- 0.2 m³/sSep
- 0.5 m³/sOct
- 0.5 m³/sNov
- 0.7 m³/sDec
From about 0.20 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.95 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.
- Bühlertalnearest town · 5.4 km in a straight line
- Parking 350 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 14 km in a straight lineCar hire at FKB airport (Rheinmünster)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to May and Novemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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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 90 m in 2.3 km. Here the river runs about 131 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 4viewpointsGeroldsauer Wasserfall, Kreuzfelsen, Helbingfelsen and 1 more
- 42waymarked walking routesBaden-Baden - Badener Höhe, Baden-Baden - Sand, Geroldsau Heschmattweg - Schatzbühl and 39 more
- 13car parks
- —swimming spots
- 10picnic sites
- —toilets
- 4information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmWasserfall am Yberg, Grimbach-Wasserfälle, obere Grobbach-Wasserfälle
- —caves
- 5campsitesNaturcamping Herrenwies, Trekking-Camp Grimbach, Trekking-Camp Schwarzenbach and 2 more
- 72hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmMaison Messmer, Badischer Hof, Quisisana and 69 more
- 7restaurants 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
- Bühlertal5.4 km in a straight line
- Baden-Baden5.4 km in a straight line
- Weisenbach7.8 km in a straight line
- Forbach8.1 km in a straight line
- Sinzheim8.6 km in a straight line
- Bühl8.6 km in a straight line
- Ottenhofen9.2 km in a straight line
- Gernsbach9.4 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 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 4 |
| Night °C | -2 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 84 | 63 | 70 | 58 | 99 | 83 | 92 | 89 | 65 | 81 | 74 | 90 |
| Wet days | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 |
| Sun h/day | 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (321 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 | 63% | 292% | 127% | 28% | 67% | 142% | 51% | 126% | 97% | 138% | 43% | 115% |
| 2021 | 163% | 104% | 90% | 74% | 138% | 172% | 145% | 99% | 54% | 71% | 85% | 120% |
| 2022 | 85% | 124% | 28% | 173% | 37% | 100% | 41% | 86% | 178% | 131% | 138% | 90% |
| 2023 | 98% | 48% | 177% | 152% | 73% | 46% | 97% | 152% | 45% | 118% | 271% | 142% |
| 2024 | 121% | 150% | 116% | 147% | 191% | 163% | 110% | 66% | 214% | 99% | 107% | 86% |
| 2025 | 123% | 82% | 40% | 68% | 55% | 114% | 109% | 102% | 226% | 130% | 96% | 28% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Geroldsau Waterfall
Germany
- —Height
- 0.54 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–May, NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1514618) · 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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