Austria 
In numbers.
0.90m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
765m
Elevation
The water at Mira Fall, month by month
It roars in March and from May to September.
The fullest months: March and from May to September.
- 0.9 m³/sJan
- 1.0 m³/sFeb
- 1.4 m³/sMar
- 1.1 m³/sApr
- 1.6 m³/sMay
- 1.8 m³/sJun
- 1.7 m³/sJul
- 1.8 m³/sAug
- 1.6 m³/sSep
- 1.1 m³/sOct
- 0.6 m³/sNov
- 0.4 m³/sDec
From about 0.41 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.8 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
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.
Mira Fall is a waterfall in Austria.
Getting there.
- Mitterbach am Erlaufseenearest town · 4.8 km in a straight line
- Linz-Hörsching Airport (LNZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 90 km in a straight lineCar hire at LNZ airport (Linz)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest months to go (estimate)
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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 127 m in 0.6 km. Here the river runs about 121 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 3viewpointsÖtschergräben
- 7waymarked walking routesWaldmarkweg, Ötscherland-Rundwanderweg, Oberösterreichischer Mariazellerweg 06B and 4 more
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- 3picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmSchleierfall, Kienfall, Lassingfall
- 4caves
- —campsites
- 24hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHaus am Mitterbach'l, Filzwieser, Bodenhof and 21 more
- 1restaurants 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
- Mitterbach am Erlaufsee4.8 km in a straight line
- Mariazell9.4 km in a straight line
- Puchenstuben9.7 km in a straight line
- Gaming15 km in a straight line
- Frankenfels16 km in a straight line
- Lunz am See16 km in a straight line
- Scheibbs19 km in a straight line
- Türnitz21 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 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| Night °C | -7 | -6 | -3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | -2 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 79 | 63 | 72 | 56 | 118 | 134 | 131 | 132 | 106 | 74 | 60 | 66 |
| Wet days | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 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 | 7 | 16 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (765 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 | 46% | 185% | 67% | 42% | 113% | 143% | 110% | 146% | 149% | 167% | 33% | 79% |
| 2021 | 110% | 53% | 64% | 90% | 99% | 52% | 119% | 148% | 47% | 53% | 114% | 137% |
| 2022 | 84% | 108% | 26% | 161% | 78% | 105% | 101% | 105% | 114% | 73% | 114% | 77% |
| 2023 | 69% | 133% | 67% | 274% | 74% | 72% | 85% | 123% | 44% | 78% | 261% | 242% |
| 2024 | 89% | 88% | 72% | 132% | 93% | 100% | 99% | 68% | 310% | 80% | 39% | 84% |
| 2025 | 38% | 26% | 127% | 97% | 89% | 74% | 158% | 70% | 96% | 116% | 105% | 31% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Mira Fall
Austria
- —Height
- 0.90 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q21866055) · 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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