Germany 
In numbers.
Apr–Jul
Best months
386m
Elevation
The water at Luisenthaler Wasserfall, month by month
It roars in July and from November to May.
The fullest months: July and from November to May.
- 95%Jan
- 86%Feb
- 100%Mar
- 87%Apr
- 93%May
- 74%Jun
- 78%Jul
- 69%Aug
- 67%Sep
- 69%Oct
- 78%Nov
- 76%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to July.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Luisenthaler Wasserfall is a waterfall in Germany.
Getting there.
- Steinbachnearest town · 1.7 km in a straight line
- Parking 400 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 46 km in a straight lineCar hire at LEJ airport (Schkeuditz)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 30 m in 0.4 km.
What is around.
- 12viewpointsMorgentor-Plateau, Blumenkorbfelsen, Bonifatiusfelsen and 9 more
- 11waymarked walking routesLutherweg Thüringen - Westschlaufe, Pummpälzweg, Rennsteig-Leiter Bad Liebenstein and 8 more
- 19car parks
- —swimming spots
- 11picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 29information boards and visitor centres
- 2bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 7caves
- 4campsitesCampingplatz Kiesgrube Immelborn, Wohnmobilstellplatz Wallfahrt, Klangpfad Trusepark Wohnmobilstellplatz and 1 more
- 53hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmFröbelhof, Waldhotel Rennsteighof, Panorama Hotel am Frankenstein and 50 more
- 19restaurants 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
- Steinbach1.7 km in a straight line
- Schweina1.8 km in a straight line
- Bad Liebenstein2.8 km in a straight line
- Ruhla6.0 km in a straight line
- Immelborn7.1 km in a straight line
- Brotterode7.3 km in a straight line
- Bad Salzungen8.1 km in a straight line
- Trusetal8.2 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 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 |
| Night °C | -4 | -4 | -1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 62 | 44 | 50 | 39 | 74 | 64 | 81 | 66 | 58 | 54 | 61 | 64 |
| Wet days | 14 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
| Sun h/day | 1.2 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (386 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 | 51% | 191% | 88% | 26% | 70% | 155% | 44% | 127% | 66% | 126% | 24% | 68% |
| 2021 | 110% | 139% | 73% | 110% | 121% | 114% | 143% | 180% | 47% | 63% | 78% | 69% |
| 2022 | 90% | 127% | 31% | 132% | 57% | 43% | 47% | 45% | 156% | 91% | 64% | 80% |
| 2023 | 96% | 96% | 174% | 161% | 49% | 83% | 88% | 199% | 42% | 163% | 155% | 166% |
| 2024 | 105% | 185% | 88% | 147% | 156% | 132% | 102% | 112% | 142% | 126% | 90% | 82% |
| 2025 | 121% | 54% | 34% | 104% | 67% | 80% | 110% | 77% | 122% | 137% | 56% | 38% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Luisenthaler Wasserfall
Germany
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1424872) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| 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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