Germany 
In numbers.
39m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Aug
Best months
800m
Elevation
The water at Lechfall, month by month
It roars from May to September.
The fullest months: from May to September.
- 20 m³/sJan
- 19 m³/sFeb
- 42 m³/sMar
- 48 m³/sApr
- 69 m³/sMay
- 82 m³/sJun
- 79 m³/sJul
- 84 m³/sAug
- 58 m³/sSep
- 32 m³/sOct
- 11 m³/sNov
- 13 m³/sDec
From about 11 m³/s in the lowest month to 84 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 of the Lech in the municipality of Füssen, Bavaria, Germany
Lechfall is a waterfall in Germany.
Getting there.
- Füssennearest town · 1.2 km in a straight line
- Parking 430 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Memmingen Allgau Airport (FMM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 58 km in a straight lineCar hire at FMM airport (Memmingen)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to Augustbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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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 20 m in 0.4 km.
What is around.
- 12viewpointsQuaglioblick, Kanzel, Magnusblick and 9 more
- 13waymarked walking routesWeitwanderweg Romantische Straße ROT - FÜS, Maximiliansweg (Bayern), Europäischer Fernwanderweg E4 - Deutschland and 10 more
- 135car parks
- 7swimming spotsNaturbadeplatz Schwansee, Freibad Obersee and 5 more
- 5picnic sites
- 16toilets
- 91information boards and visitor centres
- 21bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 3caves
- 11campsitesParkplatz Königsschlösser P2, Camping Brunnen, Camping Hopfensee and 8 more
- 229hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmJugendherberge Füssen, Hotel Filser, Seespitz and 226 more
- 71restaurants 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
- Füssen1.2 km in a straight line
- Schwangau3.4 km in a straight line
- Musau3.7 km in a straight line
- Vils4.8 km in a straight line
- Pflach5.3 km in a straight line
- Hopferau7.7 km in a straight line
- Lechaschau8.2 km in a straight line
- Wängle8.4 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 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| Night °C | -5 | -5 | -1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | -4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 92 | 71 | 87 | 85 | 148 | 170 | 166 | 180 | 118 | 92 | 76 | 85 |
| Wet days | 13 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 3.3 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 26 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (800 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 | 48% | 208% | 83% | 67% | 64% | 149% | 91% | 123% | 113% | 131% | 33% | 90% |
| 2021 | 144% | 62% | 91% | 61% | 109% | 85% | 151% | 124% | 69% | 41% | 115% | 112% |
| 2022 | 55% | 145% | 14% | 96% | 92% | 100% | 76% | 75% | 126% | 113% | 97% | 86% |
| 2023 | 50% | 77% | 115% | 176% | 124% | 45% | 115% | 134% | 54% | 88% | 286% | 218% |
| 2024 | 104% | 85% | 116% | 123% | 140% | 145% | 119% | 88% | 168% | 110% | 72% | 90% |
| 2025 | 83% | 33% | 87% | 48% | 90% | 66% | 151% | 80% | 104% | 82% | 100% | 27% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Lechfall
Germany
- —Height
- 39 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
Pöllatfall beim Schloss Neuschwanstein
Germany
- 30 mHeight
- 0.49 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1811316) · 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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