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Partschins Waterfall

One of the waterfalls of Italy.

When to go

Alto Adige Italia Cascata di Parcines. Foto di Giovanni Ussi 2
Giovanni Ussi · CC BY-SA 4.0

In numbers.

0.60m³/s

Average flow

estimate

May–Aug

Best months

1,144m

Elevation

The water at Partschins Waterfall, month by month

It roars from May to September.

The fullest months: from May to September.

  1. 0.2 m³/sJan
  2. 0.1 m³/sFeb
  3. 0.5 m³/sMar
  4. 0.9 m³/sApr
  5. 1.2 m³/sMay
  6. 1.4 m³/sJun
  7. 1.3 m³/sJul
  8. 1.4 m³/sAug
  9. 1.1 m³/sSep
  10. 0.9 m³/sOct
  11. 0.8 m³/sNov
  12. 0.4 m³/sDec
high water best months to go

From about 0.14 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.4 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.

Partschins Waterfall is a waterfall in Italy.

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Seen from the sky.

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

Partschins Waterfall 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 Zielbach - Rio di Tel through the falls
1,000 m1,500 mPartschins Waterfall-1 km-0.5 km0+0.5 km+1 km+1.5 km← upstreamdownstream →

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
−690 m+690 m

Around the falls the river drops 831 m in 3.2 km. Here the river runs about 264 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • 24viewpointsPartschinser Wasserfall - Cascata di Parcines, Wasserfall - Cascata, Blick auf Partschins - Vista di Parcines and 21 more
  • 37waymarked walking routesMeraner Höhenweg - Alta Via di Merano, Via Claudia Augusta, Partschinser Waalweg and 34 more
  • 72car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • 8picnic sites
  • 4toilets
  • 19information boards and visitor centres
  • 5bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 km
  • —caves
  • 5campsitesWaldcamping Naturns, Camping Adler, Camping Via Claudia Augusta and 2 more
  • 303hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmAusergrubhof, Hotel Botango, Lenzenhof - Zimmer + FeWo and 300 more
  • 27restaurants 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

  • Parcines2.3 km in a straight line
  • Rablà3.1 km in a straight line
  • Plaus4.4 km in a straight line
  • Lagundo6.1 km in a straight line
  • Naturno6.4 km in a straight line
  • Tirolo8.1 km in a straight line
  • Marlengo8.8 km in a straight line
  • Merano9.0 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C1271217212322181372
Night °C-9-8-32610121274-1-7
Rain & snow (mm)343646659710711412688878246
Wet days88913181920181311119
Sun h/day4.45.66.66.16.17.58.17.36.35.13.63.7
Snow on the ground (cm)232418116201471421

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,144 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

20120720 0633-Partschinser Wasserfall
Matthias Bethke · CC BY-SA 4.0
Alto Adige Italia Cascata di Parcines. Foto di Giovanni Ussi 3
Giovanni Ussi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cascata di Parcines und Gasthaus Wasserfall
Uwelino · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202039%69%96%58%77%129%91%177%103%195%13%303%
2021226%89%65%76%123%62%145%100%96%73%142%59%
202258%87%11%105%80%99%90%92%248%65%69%81%
202378%22%85%109%211%122%155%113%59%153%105%151%
2024115%170%172%80%173%139%90%50%160%165%11%58%
2025152%52%134%89%140%80%143%109%168%67%144%67%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Partschins Waterfall

Italy

  • —Height
  • 0.60 m³/sAverage flow
  • May–AugBest months

Stieber Wasserfall

Italy

  • —Height
  • 0.99 m³/sAverage flow
  • May–AugBest months

See the guide

Grawa-Wasserfall

Austria

  • 180 mHeight
  • 0.36 m³/sAverage flow
  • May–AugBest months

See the guide

Barbian waterfalls

Italy

  • —Height
  • 0.25 m³/sAverage flow
  • May–AugBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q3661539) · CC0
River flow and catchmentHydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX 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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