Austria 
In numbers.
0.42m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
1,154m
Elevation
The water at Günstner Wasserfall, month by month
It roars from May to September.
The fullest months: from May to September. Below −4 °C on average (January): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.2 m³/sFeb
- 0.3 m³/sMar
- 0.4 m³/sApr
- 0.6 m³/sMay
- 0.7 m³/sJun
- 0.8 m³/sJul
- 0.8 m³/sAug
- 0.8 m³/sSep
- 0.5 m³/sOct
- 0.3 m³/sNov
- 0.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.14 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.85 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 Styria
Günstner Wasserfall is a waterfall in Austria.
Getting there.
- Schödernearest town · 2.6 km in a straight line
- Parking 240 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Klagenfurt Airport (KLU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 64 km in a straight lineCar hire at KLU airport (Klagenfurt am Wörthersee)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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 320 m in 2.3 km.
What is around.
- 2viewpointsMarkushöhe
- —waymarked walking routes
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- 3picnic sites
- —toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- 2bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 2campsitesWiesn-Relax-Camping
- 7hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmErlebnispension Guniwirt, Ferienanlage Sonnegg, Landhaus Zitz and 4 more
- —restaurants 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
- Schöder2.6 km in a straight line
- Ranten3.4 km in a straight line
- Krakaudorf3.5 km in a straight line
- Krakauhintermühlen6.2 km in a straight line
- Krakauschatten7.5 km in a straight line
- Sankt Peter am Kammersberg9.0 km in a straight line
- Sankt Georgen ob Murau9.4 km in a straight line
- Murau12 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 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| Night °C | -8 | -8 | -4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | -2 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 42 | 47 | 55 | 66 | 108 | 130 | 142 | 150 | 118 | 82 | 73 | 53 |
| Wet days | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 2.7 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 19 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,154 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 | 32% | 104% | 109% | 61% | 88% | 134% | 154% | 146% | 129% | 171% | 33% | 239% |
| 2021 | 174% | 78% | 52% | 64% | 163% | 53% | 105% | 102% | 51% | 53% | 139% | 135% |
| 2022 | 72% | 84% | 36% | 109% | 97% | 102% | 86% | 80% | 136% | 104% | 99% | 126% |
| 2023 | 196% | 68% | 154% | 139% | 140% | 112% | 187% | 159% | 33% | 156% | 166% | 220% |
| 2024 | 144% | 127% | 153% | 113% | 152% | 140% | 117% | 60% | 179% | 161% | 31% | 59% |
| 2025 | 101% | 63% | 210% | 129% | 129% | 64% | 138% | 57% | 112% | 82% | 102% | 39% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Günstner Wasserfall
Austria
- —Height
- 0.42 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1560261) · 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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