Hungary 
In numbers.
Mar–Jun
Best months
433m
Elevation
The water at Ilona Valley Waterfall, month by month
It roars from February to July.
The fullest months: from February to July.
- 59%Jan
- 77%Feb
- 100%Mar
- 88%Apr
- 88%May
- 85%Jun
- 83%Jul
- 70%Aug
- 66%Sep
- 71%Oct
- 67%Nov
- 54%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to June.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Ilona Valley Waterfall is a waterfall in Hungary.
Getting there.
- Parádnearest town · 5.2 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,960 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 78 km in a straight lineCar hire at BUD airport (Budapest)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to Junebest 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 310 m in 3.5 km. Here the river runs about 108 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 4viewpoints
- 13waymarked walking routesK, OKT 21. (Mátraháza – Sirok), S+, Kis Rákóczi-turistaút (Máriácska – Gabi halála – Parádóhuta), S, Rákóczi-turistaút (Parádsasvár – Kékes – Gyöngyös) and 10 more
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- 14picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 8information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 1caves
- 5campsitesParádi tábor, Recski ifjúsági tábor, Sion Tábor and 2 more
- 22hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmMuflon fogadó, Mátyás vendégház, Hotel Vak Bottyán and 19 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
- Parád5.2 km in a straight line
- Domoszló6.8 km in a straight line
- Recsk7.1 km in a straight line
- Mátraderecske7.8 km in a straight line
- Abasár10 km in a straight line
- Sirok12 km in a straight line
- Gyöngyössolymos12 km in a straight line
- Verpelét13 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 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| Night °C | -7 | -6 | -2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | -1 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 41 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 75 | 80 | 83 | 67 | 58 | 56 | 49 | 46 |
| Wet days | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Sun h/day | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 1.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (433 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
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 | 42% | 95% | 104% | 25% | 53% | 191% | 136% | 86% | 112% | 250% | 48% | 115% |
| 2021 | 103% | 125% | 32% | 123% | 121% | 18% | 108% | 120% | 62% | 41% | 127% | 117% |
| 2022 | 18% | 40% | 63% | 153% | 46% | 47% | 49% | 77% | 169% | 32% | 88% | 181% |
| 2023 | 283% | 56% | 106% | 123% | 117% | 155% | 60% | 148% | 79% | 151% | 230% | 179% |
| 2024 | 111% | 99% | 79% | 118% | 85% | 90% | 26% | 53% | 117% | 75% | 36% | 41% |
| 2025 | 47% | 35% | 135% | 76% | 54% | 16% | 51% | 73% | 86% | 54% | 145% | 16% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Ilona Valley Waterfall
Hungary
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Mar–JunBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q26233538) · 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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