Austria 
In numbers.
380m
Height
2.0m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Aug
Best months
7.3MW
Water power
estimate
The water at Krimml Waterfalls, month by month
It roars from April to August.
The fullest months: from April to August, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from January to February.
- 0.7 m³/sJan
- 0.6 m³/sFeb
- 2.0 m³/sMar
- 3.1 m³/sApr
- 3.6 m³/sMay
- 3.9 m³/sJun
- 3.9 m³/sJul
- 4.1 m³/sAug
- 3.0 m³/sSep
- 2.3 m³/sOct
- 1.7 m³/sNov
- 1.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.63 m³/s in the lowest month to 4.1 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to August.
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
Krimml Waterfalls is a waterfall in Austria. The water falls 380 m. It lies within Hohe Tauern National Park.
Getting there.
- Krimmlnearest town · 2.2 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,540 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Innsbruck Airport (INN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 63 km in a straight lineCar hire at INN airport (Innsbruck)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to Augustbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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How big is it?
How big it really is.
Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.
7.3 MW
About 2.0 m³/s falling 380 m: the power of the water as it drops.
- as much as 2.4 large wind turbines
- enough to power about 1,800 homes, if it were all turned into electricity
Power of falling water = density × gravity × flow × height. Average flow and height as shown above; an estimate.
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.
- 15viewpointsBerger Blick, Rieman Kanzel, Regen Kanzel and 12 more
- 11waymarked walking routesKrimmler Wasserfälle Rundwanderweg, Wanderweg 24, Wanderweg 16 - Krimml and 8 more
- 21car parks
- —swimming spots
- 4picnic sites
- 5toilets
- 6information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmMittlerer Krimmler Wasserfall, Unterer Krimmler Wasserfall
- —caves
- 5campsitesAlpen Camping Aigner, Camping/Wohnmobilstellplatz Hotel Krimmlerfälle, Camping Viktoria and 2 more
- 281hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmBuasen, Ursprung - Das Panoramahotel, Panorama Appartements and 278 more
- 24restaurants 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
- Krimml2.2 km in a straight line
- Wald im Pinzgau6.8 km in a straight line
- Neukirchen am Großvenediger9.8 km in a straight line
- Gerlos11 km in a straight line
- Bramberg am Wildkogel15 km in a straight line
- Gerlosberg18 km in a straight line
- Rohrberg20 km in a straight line
- Aschau22 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 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| Night °C | -8 | -8 | -3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 57 | 49 | 64 | 77 | 121 | 143 | 156 | 162 | 107 | 92 | 76 | 61 |
| Wet days | 12 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 3.3 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 34 | 39 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 24 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,090 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 | 47% | 127% | 96% | 71% | 91% | 137% | 120% | 162% | 132% | 181% | 22% | 237% |
| 2021 | 161% | 66% | 73% | 66% | 151% | 82% | 136% | 120% | 73% | 56% | 150% | 82% |
| 2022 | 66% | 109% | 13% | 97% | 98% | 103% | 93% | 89% | 121% | 80% | 93% | 76% |
| 2023 | 72% | 59% | 116% | 169% | 152% | 71% | 144% | 127% | 53% | 134% | 179% | 204% |
| 2024 | 105% | 143% | 140% | 110% | 149% | 144% | 112% | 91% | 193% | 141% | 21% | 82% |
| 2025 | 88% | 52% | 125% | 78% | 142% | 96% | 145% | 94% | 121% | 86% | 190% | 62% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Krimml Waterfalls
Austria
- 380 mHeight
- 2.0 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q639731) · 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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