Switzerland 
In numbers.
0.15m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Aug
Best months
690m
Elevation
The water at Mülenenschlucht, month by month
It roars in March and from May to September.
The fullest months: March and from May to September.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.2 m³/sMar
- 0.1 m³/sApr
- 0.2 m³/sMay
- 0.2 m³/sJun
- 0.2 m³/sJul
- 0.2 m³/sAug
- 0.2 m³/sSep
- 0.1 m³/sOct
- 0.1 m³/sNov
- 0.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.08 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.24 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to August.
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.
Valley
Mülenenschlucht is a waterfall in Switzerland.
Getting there.
- Sankt Gallennearest town · 0.4 km in a straight line
- Parking 250 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 16 km in a straight lineCar hire at ACH airport (St. Gallen)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to 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 67 m in 0.5 km.
What is around.
- 7viewpointsGrand Tour, Solitüde, Mühlenenschlucht and 4 more
- 4waymarked walking routesAlte Konstanzerstrasse, St. Galler Panoramaweg, ViaJacobi and 1 more
- 596car parks
- 3swimming spotsMannenweier, Buebenweier, Frauenweier (Chrüzweier)
- 51picnic sites
- 51toilets
- 39information boards and visitor centres
- 63bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 kmHöchfall
- 2caves
- 3campsitesStellplatz Olma-Camping, Camping St. Gallen-Wittenbach Leebrücke
- 47hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmSporting, Walhalla, Einstein and 44 more
- 237restaurants 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
- Sankt Gallen0.4 km in a straight line
- Teufen3.4 km in a straight line
- Wittenbach4.5 km in a straight line
- Speicher5.0 km in a straight line
- Haslen5.8 km in a straight line
- Bühler6.3 km in a straight line
- Mörschwil6.5 km in a straight line
- Trogen6.7 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 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| Night °C | -4 | -4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 99 | 77 | 95 | 92 | 147 | 156 | 158 | 166 | 116 | 101 | 88 | 104 |
| Wet days | 14 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 |
| Sun h/day | 2.5 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 18 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (690 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 | 56% | 215% | 87% | 51% | 75% | 149% | 71% | 140% | 106% | 139% | 35% | 109% |
| 2021 | 215% | 84% | 91% | 55% | 129% | 123% | 200% | 120% | 66% | 47% | 91% | 131% |
| 2022 | 61% | 145% | 21% | 109% | 80% | 108% | 62% | 95% | 152% | 107% | 98% | 89% |
| 2023 | 54% | 69% | 137% | 188% | 100% | 36% | 112% | 144% | 67% | 110% | 290% | 198% |
| 2024 | 125% | 100% | 142% | 133% | 162% | 132% | 110% | 73% | 178% | 112% | 94% | 90% |
| 2025 | 120% | 47% | 65% | 53% | 84% | 75% | 163% | 94% | 141% | 99% | 110% | 20% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Mülenenschlucht
Switzerland
- —Height
- 0.15 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1330459) · 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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