Serbia 
In numbers.
Apr–Jul
Best months
1,253m
Elevation
The water at Jelovarnik, month by month
It roars from March to June.
The fullest months: from March to June. Below −4 °C on average (January): the falls can partly freeze.
- 57%Jan
- 65%Feb
- 88%Mar
- 97%Apr
- 100%May
- 90%Jun
- 66%Jul
- 48%Aug
- 48%Sep
- 55%Oct
- 56%Nov
- 46%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.
Getting there.
- Leposaviqnearest town · 19 km in a straight line
- Morava Airport (KVO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 65 km in a straight lineCar hire at PRN airport (Prishtina)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to Julybest months to go (estimate)
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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 261 m in 1.8 km.
What is around.
- 2viewpoints
- 1waymarked walking routesE7-15: Крива Река – Жуч
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 49hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmОлга Дедијер, Сребрнац, Хотел Јуниор and 46 more
- 14restaurants 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
- Leposaviq19 km in a straight line
- Raška20 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 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| Night °C | -9 | -8 | -5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | -3 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 58 | 56 | 68 | 70 | 95 | 96 | 74 | 62 | 63 | 68 | 63 | 62 |
| Wet days | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| Sun h/day | 2.8 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,253 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 | 51% | 117% | 116% | 56% | 115% | 213% | 141% | 280% | 58% | 155% | 20% | 135% |
| 2021 | 267% | 47% | 144% | 100% | 114% | 45% | 135% | 67% | 64% | 114% | 135% | 182% |
| 2022 | 100% | 98% | 53% | 89% | 62% | 101% | 77% | 148% | 173% | 12% | 172% | 129% |
| 2023 | 206% | 77% | 98% | 165% | 101% | 165% | 101% | 106% | 78% | 26% | 279% | 86% |
| 2024 | 90% | 31% | 90% | 81% | 110% | 76% | 58% | 33% | 186% | 45% | 155% | 180% |
| 2025 | 58% | 54% | 136% | 101% | 63% | 10% | 77% | 67% | 83% | 211% | 230% | 34% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Jelovarnik
Serbia
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1686733) · 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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