Czechia Waterfall

Pančavský vodopád

A 148 m drop on the Pančava.

When to go

Jakub jaros · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers.

148m

Height

0.04m³/s

Average flow

May–Aug

Best months

58kW

Water power

estimate

The water at Pančavský vodopád, month by month

It roars from January to October.

It carries water fairly evenly through the year. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.

81%Jan
84%Feb
98%Mar
92%Apr
92%May
90%Jun
100%Jul
97%Aug
86%Sep
76%Oct
64%Nov
52%Dec

high water best months to go may freeze

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to August.

Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Waterfall in Czechia

Pančavský vodopád is a waterfall on the Pančava, in Czechia. The water falls 148 m. It lies within Krkonoše National Park.

Getting there.

Špindlerův Mlýnnearest town · 5.9 km in a straight line
Pardubice Airport (PED)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 84 km in a straight lineCar hire at WRO airport (Wrocław)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
From May to Augustbest months to go (estimate)

Plan your visit

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How big is it?

How big it really is.

Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.

58 kW

About 0.04 m³/s falling 148 m: the power of the water as it drops.

enough to power about 15 homes, if it were all turned into electricity

Power of falling water = density × gravity × flow × height. Average flow and height as shown above; an estimate.

Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Pančavský vodopád seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Pančava through the falls

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.

The valley below the falls

Around the falls the river drops 301 m in 1.6 km. Here the river runs about 67 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

17viewpointsAmbrožova vyhlídka, Pančavský vodopád, Sedlo Lysé hory and 14 more
17waymarked walking routes[Č] Vrbatova bouda - Vysoké nad Jizerou, [Z] U Růženčiny zahrádky - Vrbatova bouda, [M] Harrachov - Špindlerův mlýn and 14 more
—car parks
—swimming spots
10picnic sites
1toilets
19information boards and visitor centres
—bus stops within 1 km
6other named waterfalls within 4 kmLabský vodopád, Hančův vodopád, Malý Labský vodopád and 3 more
—caves
1campsitesBase camp Medvědín
179hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmChata Votočka, Na Černém potoce, Lenka and 176 more
10restaurants 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

Špindlerův Mlýn5.9 km in a straight line
Szklarska Poręba7.4 km in a straight line
Harrachov8.2 km in a straight line
Rokytnice nad Jizerou8.9 km in a straight line
Jablonec nad Jizerou10 km in a straight line
Piechowice10 km in a straight line
Benecko11 km in a straight line
Podgórzyn12 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	-6	-4	0	7	12	15	17	17	12	6	0	-4
Night °C	-12	-11	-8	-3	2	5	8	7	2	-2	-6	-10
Rain & snow (mm)	63	46	54	40	70	81	96	85	66	57	54	56
Wet days	14	12	14	10	14	14	15	12	11	11	12	13
Sun h/day	1.2	2.4	3.8	6.2	6.6	6.9	6.8	6.3	5.1	3.2	1.3	0.8
Snow on the ground (cm)	18	16	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	17

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,297 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Pancava waterfall in Krkonoše Mts. National Park, the Czech Republic — Martin Culek · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pancavsky Waterfall (88596847) — Lukas F · CC BY 3.0

Pancavskyvodopad — Moofynka · CC BY-SA 3.0

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	53%	246%	85%	25%	129%	209%	42%	136%	112%	220%	47%	47%
2021	112%	100%	97%	132%	160%	114%	106%	173%	63%	60%	99%	93%
2022	92%	184%	33%	134%	55%	111%	63%	157%	112%	57%	71%	90%
2023	107%	157%	137%	187%	56%	73%	69%	210%	31%	137%	214%	182%
2024	104%	224%	44%	83%	66%	82%	83%	116%	311%	63%	102%	73%
2025	88%	37%	65%	93%	116%	72%	116%	65%	116%	147%	97%	49%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Pančavský vodopád

Czechia

148 mHeight
0.04 m³/sAverage flow
May–AugBest months

Kamieńczyk Waterfall

Poland

27 mHeight
—Average flow
Apr–May, Jul–AugBest months

See the guide

Szklarka Waterfall

Poland

13 mHeight
0.84 m³/sAverage flow
Apr–May, Jul–AugBest months

See the guide

Labský vodopád

Czechia

35 mHeight
0.05 m³/sAverage flow
May–AugBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q772653) · 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.