Austria 
In numbers.
0.28m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Aug
Best months
709m
Elevation
The water at Lohnbachfall, month by month
It roars from March to September.
The fullest months: from March to September.
- 0.3 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.4 m³/sMar
- 0.4 m³/sApr
- 0.5 m³/sMay
- 0.6 m³/sJun
- 0.5 m³/sJul
- 0.5 m³/sAug
- 0.5 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.2 m³/sNov
- 0.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.17 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.55 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 in Lower Austria
Lohnbachfall is a waterfall in Austria.
Getting there.
- Schönbachnearest town · 3.3 km in a straight line
- Parking 470 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Linz-Hörsching Airport (LNZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 68 km in a straight lineCar hire at LNZ airport (Linz)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to Augustbest 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.
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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 95 m in 3.4 km.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 6waymarked walking routesNr. 4, Die Kraft des Wassers 12, Lohnbachfallweg 92 and 3 more
- 9car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- 8information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 8caves
- 2campsitesZeltplatz Goldenes Herz, Stellplatz Arbesbach
- 12hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmReichard, Ferienwohnung Grain GmbH, Ferienwohnung Brunner and 9 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
- Schönbach3.3 km in a straight line
- Altmelon5.0 km in a straight line
- Arbesbach5.8 km in a straight line
- Rappottenstein6.0 km in a straight line
- Bad Traunstein8.0 km in a straight line
- Bärnkopf10 km in a straight line
- Grafenschlag10 km in a straight line
- Groß-Gerungs12 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 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| Night °C | -7 | -6 | -3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | -1 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 53 | 41 | 53 | 45 | 93 | 106 | 101 | 103 | 79 | 55 | 46 | 45 |
| Wet days | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Sun h/day | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 18 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (709 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% | 177% | 61% | 47% | 127% | 166% | 112% | 138% | 148% | 169% | 47% | 100% |
| 2021 | 112% | 81% | 55% | 88% | 99% | 64% | 136% | 145% | 34% | 45% | 112% | 129% |
| 2022 | 65% | 79% | 28% | 150% | 77% | 118% | 103% | 118% | 123% | 56% | 112% | 113% |
| 2023 | 70% | 108% | 53% | 275% | 84% | 77% | 74% | 145% | 38% | 74% | 218% | 234% |
| 2024 | 110% | 108% | 77% | 103% | 119% | 107% | 117% | 73% | 361% | 81% | 47% | 92% |
| 2025 | 45% | 32% | 128% | 95% | 69% | 88% | 156% | 65% | 131% | 203% | 114% | 53% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Lohnbachfall
Austria
- —Height
- 0.28 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q55809796) · 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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