Slovakia 
In numbers.
0.25m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr–Jul
Best months
604m
Elevation
The water at Lúčanský vodopád, month by month
It roars from March to August.
The fullest months: from March to August. Below −4 °C on average (January): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.2 m³/sFeb
- 0.5 m³/sMar
- 0.5 m³/sApr
- 0.6 m³/sMay
- 0.6 m³/sJun
- 0.6 m³/sJul
- 0.4 m³/sAug
- 0.3 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.2 m³/sNov
- 0.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.10 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.63 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to July.
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.
Protected area in Slovakia
Lúčanský vodopád is a waterfall in Slovakia.
Getting there.
- Lúčkynearest town · 0.1 km in a straight line
- Parking 100 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Sliač Airport (SLD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 58 km in a straight lineCar hire at TAT airport (Poprad)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to Julybest 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 60 m in 2.4 km. Here the river runs about 55 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 8viewpointsČiapka, Lučanský vodopád zhora, Lúčanský vodopád and 5 more
- 9waymarked walking routesMariánska Cesta, Chodník sv. Cyrila a Metoda, Naučný chodník Kalameny - Liptovský hrad and 6 more
- 18car parks
- —swimming spots
- 4picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 52information boards and visitor centres
- 5bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 17caves
- 1campsitesCamping Marina Liptov
- 76hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmGazdovský dvor, Stará Pekáreň, Penzión Fontána and 73 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
- Lúčky0.1 km in a straight line
- Liptovské Sliače7.6 km in a straight line
- Likavka7.9 km in a straight line
- Ružomberok9.3 km in a straight line
- Dolný Kubín11 km in a straight line
- Komjatná12 km in a straight line
- Oravský Podzámok15 km in a straight line
- Liptovský Mikuláš17 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 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| Night °C | -8 | -7 | -3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 63 | 58 | 63 | 58 | 102 | 110 | 120 | 89 | 80 | 70 | 63 | 60 |
| Wet days | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 1.6 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 25 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (604 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 | 44% | 171% | 87% | 31% | 98% | 160% | 97% | 103% | 137% | 231% | 47% | 102% |
| 2021 | 123% | 114% | 64% | 130% | 152% | 37% | 100% | 194% | 83% | 28% | 75% | 101% |
| 2022 | 100% | 125% | 50% | 141% | 53% | 46% | 90% | 81% | 158% | 54% | 63% | 132% |
| 2023 | 200% | 120% | 92% | 116% | 113% | 101% | 76% | 152% | 88% | 163% | 192% | 167% |
| 2024 | 141% | 129% | 89% | 140% | 76% | 121% | 65% | 66% | 158% | 78% | 52% | 43% |
| 2025 | 75% | 36% | 81% | 118% | 92% | 56% | 105% | 87% | 135% | 117% | 174% | 22% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Lúčanský vodopád
Slovakia
- —Height
- 0.25 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q20860720) · 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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