Germany 
In numbers.
2m
Width
Mar–May
Oct
Best months
145m
Elevation
The water at Grüner See, month by month
It roars from November to April.
The fullest months: from November to April.
- 100%Jan
- 87%Feb
- 94%Mar
- 76%Apr
- 65%May
- 57%Jun
- 63%Jul
- 66%Aug
- 60%Sep
- 70%Oct
- 85%Nov
- 92%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to May and October.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Rödinghausennearest town · 2.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 240 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Münster Osnabrück Airport (FMO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 54 km in a straight lineCar hire at FMO airport (Greven)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to May and Octoberbest 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 33 m in 1.2 km. Here the river runs about 58 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 3viewpointsNonnenstein-Turm
- 34waymarked walking routesS Sachsenweg, A1 Preußisch Oldendorf-Eininghausen, A2 Preußisch Oldendorf-Eininghausen and 31 more
- 33car parks
- —swimming spots
- 7picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 38information boards and visitor centres
- 3bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 4campsitesJugendzeltplatz Melle-Meesdorf, Aussichtsturm Börninghausen and 2 more
- 18hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmForsthaus Limberg, Hotel Bueraner Hof, Landhotel Annelie and 15 more
- 9restaurants 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
- Rödinghausen2.5 km in a straight line
- Preußisch Oldendorf5.4 km in a straight line
- Bad Holzhausen6.5 km in a straight line
- Bad Essen10 km in a straight line
- Melle10 km in a straight line
- Bünde12 km in a straight line
- Lübbecke12 km in a straight line
- Stift Quernheim12 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 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 |
| Night °C | -2 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 68 | 50 | 49 | 38 | 57 | 62 | 73 | 69 | 54 | 59 | 61 | 68 |
| Wet days | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (145 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 | 54% | 238% | 98% | 25% | 40% | 148% | 85% | 88% | 87% | 115% | 42% | 104% |
| 2021 | 104% | 104% | 104% | 98% | 146% | 102% | 125% | 133% | 111% | 71% | 51% | 90% |
| 2022 | 71% | 202% | 31% | 137% | 65% | 55% | 60% | 42% | 133% | 52% | 68% | 122% |
| 2023 | 120% | 94% | 174% | 129% | 74% | 134% | 169% | 122% | 98% | 226% | 190% | 226% |
| 2024 | 111% | 201% | 119% | 254% | 167% | 178% | 188% | 84% | 153% | 127% | 116% | 80% |
| 2025 | 123% | 33% | 18% | 82% | 61% | 102% | 99% | 41% | 79% | 141% | 96% | 43% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Grüner See
Germany
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Mar–May, OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1552126) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| 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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