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Kučkovo Waterfall

One of the waterfalls of North Macedonia.

When to go

Кучковски Водопад
Ehrlich91 · CC BY-SA 4.0

In numbers.

0.23m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Mar–May
Nov

Best months

481m

Elevation

The water at Kučkovo Waterfall, month by month

It roars from November to May.

The fullest months: from November to May. The thinnest: from July to August.

  1. 0.5 m³/sJan
  2. 0.5 m³/sFeb
  3. 0.5 m³/sMar
  4. 0.5 m³/sApr
  5. 0.4 m³/sMay
  6. 0.2 m³/sJun
  7. 0.1 m³/sJul
  8. 0.1 m³/sAug
  9. 0.2 m³/sSep
  10. 0.3 m³/sOct
  11. 0.5 m³/sNov
  12. 0.4 m³/sDec
high water best months to go

From about 0.07 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.51 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to May and November.

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.

Kučkovo Waterfall is a waterfall in North Macedonia.

Getting there.

  • Kondovonearest town · 5.9 km in a straight line
  • Parking 1,760 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Skopje International Airport (SKP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 30 km in a straight lineCar hire at SKP airport (Ilinden)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • From March to May and Novemberbest 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.

Kučkovo Waterfall seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The river through the falls
400 m500 mKučkovo Waterfall-1 km-0.5 km0+0.5 km+1 km← upstreamdownstream →

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.

The valley below the falls
−690 m+690 m

Around the falls the river drops 179 m in 2.3 km. Here the river runs about 80 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • —viewpoints
  • —waymarked walking routes
  • 1car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • —picnic sites
  • —toilets
  • —information boards and visitor centres
  • —bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 km
  • —caves
  • —campsites
  • 6hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
  • 1restaurants 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

  • Kondovo5.9 km in a straight line
  • Ljubin6.8 km in a straight line
  • Saraj7.6 km in a straight line
  • Gjorče Petro8.2 km in a straight line
  • Krušopek8.6 km in a straight line
  • Grčec8.8 km in a straight line
  • Chucher-Sandevo9.6 km in a straight line
  • Hani i Elezit10 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C471217222731322619126
Night °C-4-216111518181383-2
Rain & snow (mm)776873667657373968889785
Wet days10101112131187991112
Sun h/day2.84.25.16.37.59.210.19.56.95.43.72.4
Snow on the ground (cm)1615103000001514

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (481 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Потокот кај Кучковски Водопад
Ehrlich91 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Село Кучково -Скопје, Р.Македонија ( манастирот "☨ Св. Ѓорѓи ☨" ) , village Kuchkovo -Skopje, R of Macedonia ( ☨ "St. George's" Monastery ☨ ) - panoramio
METOKARA · CC BY-SA 3.0
Село Кучково -Скопје, Р.Македонија , village Kuchkovo -Skopje, R of Macedonia - panoramio
METOKARA · CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202036%82%130%105%64%66%46%221%72%118%87%117%
2021375%131%87%421%34%41%66%56%64%121%85%129%
202253%217%54%101%56%491%82%82%103%60%128%128%
2023166%22%106%122%110%499%76%64%28%50%213%64%
2024114%32%137%104%127%51%29%54%137%81%93%156%
202566%11%100%87%98%15%31%63%45%162%224%32%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Kučkovo Waterfall

North Macedonia

  • —Height
  • 0.23 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar–May, NovBest months

Bogomila Falls

North Macedonia

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Apr–May, Oct–NovBest months

See the guide

Kamenjane Waterfalls

North Macedonia

  • 5 mHeight
  • 0.25 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar–May, NovBest months

See the guide

Korab Falls

North Macedonia

  • 138 mHeight
  • —Average flow
  • May–Jun, Sep–OctBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q111603210) · CC0
River flow and catchmentHydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX 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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