Germany 
In numbers.
Apr–Jul
Best months
650m
Elevation
The water at Gütersteiner Wasserfall, month by month
It roars in January and from March to August.
The fullest months: January and from March to August.
- 78%Jan
- 75%Feb
- 88%Mar
- 83%Apr
- 100%May
- 88%Jun
- 86%Jul
- 85%Aug
- 69%Sep
- 70%Oct
- 66%Nov
- 64%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to July.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Gütersteiner Wasserfall is a waterfall in Germany.
Getting there.
- Bad Urachnearest town · 3.6 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,430 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 24 km in a straight lineCar hire at STR airport (Stuttgart)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to Julybest 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.
What is around.
- 16viewpointsRutschenfelsen, Eppenzillfelsen, Gelber Fels and 13 more
- 26waymarked walking routesNebenweg Gutshof St. Johann - Grüner Fels - Höllenlöcher, Querweg Höllenlöcher - Gestütshof St. Johann, P Gestütshof St. Johann Rundwanderweg 1 and 23 more
- 25car parks
- —swimming spots
- 27picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 28information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmUracher Wasserfall, Unterer Gütersteiner Wasserfall
- 4caves
- 6campsitesWohnmobilstellplatz Bad Urach, Pfählhof, Phoenix Wohnmobilhafen and 3 more
- 46hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmGasthof Landhotel Hirsch, Hotel Graf Eberhard, Naturfreundehaus Rohrauer-Hütte and 43 more
- 15restaurants 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 Urach3.6 km in a straight line
- Sankt Johann4.0 km in a straight line
- Dettingen an der Erms4.6 km in a straight line
- Hülben5.3 km in a straight line
- Eningen unter Achalm6.8 km in a straight line
- Metzingen7.2 km in a straight line
- Neuffen7.4 km in a straight line
- Kohlberg7.7 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 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| Night °C | -5 | -5 | -2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | -4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 65 | 49 | 58 | 56 | 96 | 88 | 98 | 93 | 62 | 68 | 62 | 68 |
| Wet days | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| 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) | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (650 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 | 49% | 265% | 107% | 37% | 72% | 150% | 61% | 143% | 80% | 115% | 34% | 114% |
| 2021 | 141% | 120% | 79% | 67% | 123% | 175% | 153% | 129% | 46% | 61% | 64% | 128% |
| 2022 | 74% | 101% | 32% | 169% | 60% | 94% | 60% | 112% | 166% | 127% | 106% | 87% |
| 2023 | 65% | 58% | 154% | 161% | 68% | 47% | 103% | 152% | 48% | 111% | 257% | 145% |
| 2024 | 101% | 137% | 112% | 113% | 187% | 196% | 93% | 68% | 226% | 100% | 91% | 76% |
| 2025 | 119% | 86% | 54% | 66% | 58% | 82% | 117% | 93% | 255% | 102% | 104% | 26% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Gütersteiner Wasserfall
Germany
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1562209) · 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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