Russia 
In numbers.
May–Jun
Best months
559m
Elevation
The water at Mogak waterfall, month by month
It roars from April to May.
The fullest months: from April to May, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from October to February. Below −4 °C on average (from November to March): the falls can partly freeze.
- 4%Jan
- 3%Feb
- 30%Mar
- 100%Apr
- 85%May
- 51%Jun
- 35%Jul
- 32%Aug
- 27%Sep
- 20%Oct
- 9%Nov
- 9%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to June.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Mogak waterfall is a waterfall in Russia.
Getting there.
- Askarovonearest town · 17 km in a straight line
- Magnitogorsk International Airport (MQF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 19 km in a straight line
- From May to Junebest 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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2 km
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 269 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 89 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- 2picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmВодопады русла Могак
- —caves
- —campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —restaurants 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
- Askarovo17 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 | -13 | -10 | -3 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 6 | -4 | -11 |
| Night °C | -20 | -19 | -12 | -3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 5 | -2 | -10 | -18 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 22 | 24 | 33 | 40 | 46 | 49 | 58 | 53 | 35 | 38 | 28 | 22 |
| Wet days | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Sun h/day | 3.8 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 30 | 36 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 21 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (559 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 | 109% | 179% | 88% | 120% | 59% | 28% | 200% | 141% | 47% | 63% | 57% | 43% |
| 2021 | 186% | 163% | 73% | 49% | 20% | 106% | 80% | 34% | 103% | 83% | 66% | 164% |
| 2022 | 104% | 97% | 83% | 60% | 198% | 123% | 66% | 24% | 125% | 85% | 273% | 79% |
| 2023 | 96% | 123% | 57% | 47% | 54% | 153% | 75% | 120% | 264% | 207% | 180% | 179% |
| 2024 | 158% | 79% | 51% | 181% | 162% | 310% | 362% | 324% | 53% | 46% | 89% | 107% |
| 2025 | 79% | 72% | 98% | 140% | 207% | 137% | 126% | 156% | 105% | 126% | 88% | 153% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Mogak waterfall
Russia
- —Height
- —Average flow
- May–JunBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4299066) · 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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