Czechia 
In numbers.
35m
Height
OpenStreetMap
0.05m³/s
Average flow
May–Aug
Best months
17kW
Water power
estimate
The water at Labský vodopád, month by month
It roars from January to October.
It carries water fairly evenly through the year. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 81%Jan
- 84%Feb
- 99%Mar
- 92%Apr
- 92%May
- 90%Jun
- 100%Jul
- 97%Aug
- 86%Sep
- 76%Oct
- 65%Nov
- 52%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to August.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall
Labský vodopád is a waterfall on the Elbe, in Czechia. The water falls 35 m. It lies within Krkonoše National Park.
Getting there.
- Szklarska Porębanearest town · 6.4 km in a straight line
- Pardubice Airport (PED)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 85 km in a straight lineCar hire at WRO airport (Wrocław)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 as mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.
17 kW
About 0.05 m³/s falling 35 m: the power of the water as it drops.
- enough to power about 4 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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2 km
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 375 m in 3.1 km. Here the river runs about 78 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 21viewpointsAmbrožova vyhlídka, Pančavský vodopád, Hala pod Łabskim Szczytem and 18 more
- 18waymarked walking routes[Č] Vrbatova bouda - Vysoké nad Jizerou, [Z] U Růženčiny zahrádky - Vrbatova bouda, [M] Harrachov - Špindlerův mlýn and 15 more
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- 8picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 18information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 7other named waterfalls within 4 kmPančavský vodopád, Hančův vodopád, Malý Labský vodopád and 4 more
- —caves
- 2campsitesBaza Harcerska ZHP Czerwonak, Base camp Medvědín
- 337hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmGórnicza Strzecha, Chata Votočka, Na Černém potoce and 334 more
- 6restaurants 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
- Szklarska Poręba6.4 km in a straight line
- Špindlerův Mlýn6.6 km in a straight line
- Harrachov8.3 km in a straight line
- Piechowice9.4 km in a straight line
- Rokytnice nad Jizerou9.5 km in a straight line
- Jablonec nad Jizerou11 km in a straight line
- Benecko12 km in a straight line
- Podgórzyn12 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 | -6 | -4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 0 | -4 |
| Night °C | -12 | -11 | -8 | -3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | -2 | -6 | -9 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 63 | 46 | 54 | 40 | 70 | 81 | 96 | 85 | 66 | 57 | 54 | 56 |
| Wet days | 14 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,262 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 | 53% | 246% | 85% | 25% | 129% | 209% | 42% | 136% | 112% | 220% | 47% | 47% |
| 2021 | 112% | 100% | 97% | 132% | 160% | 114% | 106% | 173% | 63% | 60% | 99% | 93% |
| 2022 | 92% | 184% | 33% | 134% | 55% | 111% | 63% | 157% | 112% | 57% | 71% | 90% |
| 2023 | 107% | 157% | 137% | 187% | 56% | 73% | 69% | 210% | 31% | 137% | 214% | 182% |
| 2024 | 104% | 224% | 44% | 83% | 66% | 82% | 83% | 116% | 311% | 63% | 102% | 73% |
| 2025 | 88% | 37% | 65% | 93% | 116% | 72% | 116% | 65% | 116% | 147% | 97% | 49% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Labský vodopád
Czechia
- 35 mHeight
- 0.05 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1325307) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Height of the drop | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| 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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