Austria 
In numbers.
Apr–Jun
Aug
Best months
674m
Elevation
The water at Montjola-Wasserfall, month by month
It roars from April to August.
The fullest months: from April to August, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from January to February.
- 22%Jan
- 20%Feb
- 53%Mar
- 93%Apr
- 100%May
- 97%Jun
- 87%Jul
- 90%Aug
- 68%Sep
- 52%Oct
- 42%Nov
- 34%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and August.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Montjola-Wasserfall is a waterfall in Austria.
Getting there.
- Thüringennearest town · 0.4 km in a straight line
- Parking 330 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 35 km in a straight lineCar hire at ACH airport (St. Gallen)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to June and 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 133 m in 1.1 km. Here the river runs about 27 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 10waymarked walking routesAlte Raggalerstraße, Walgauweg, Via Alpina Red R55 and 7 more
- 51car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 18bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 2campsitesCamping Sonnenberg, Stellplatz Düns
- 20hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmPropstei Sankt Gerold, Rössle Raggal, Grüneck-Hütte and 17 more
- 13restaurants 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
- Thüringen0.4 km in a straight line
- Ludesch1.2 km in a straight line
- Bludesch2.7 km in a straight line
- Schnifis3.0 km in a straight line
- Düns4.5 km in a straight line
- Nüziders4.7 km in a straight line
- Schlins5.2 km in a straight line
- Nenzing5.2 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 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| Night °C | -5 | -5 | -1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 93 | 70 | 90 | 88 | 146 | 170 | 167 | 184 | 122 | 101 | 90 | 93 |
| Wet days | 14 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Sun h/day | 3.3 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 51 | 62 | 51 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 30 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (674 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 | 55% | 205% | 100% | 63% | 74% | 142% | 94% | 130% | 111% | 155% | 27% | 112% |
| 2021 | 211% | 80% | 100% | 63% | 119% | 78% | 171% | 124% | 75% | 45% | 114% | 120% |
| 2022 | 58% | 169% | 13% | 102% | 86% | 105% | 86% | 71% | 134% | 116% | 89% | 83% |
| 2023 | 54% | 64% | 138% | 177% | 156% | 73% | 125% | 146% | 68% | 128% | 249% | 220% |
| 2024 | 108% | 115% | 162% | 133% | 135% | 148% | 120% | 69% | 165% | 121% | 69% | 89% |
| 2025 | 105% | 36% | 75% | 60% | 115% | 90% | 160% | 95% | 113% | 94% | 91% | 24% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Montjola-Wasserfall
Austria
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr–Jun, AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q30322582) · 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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