Bosnia and Herzegovina Waterfall
Pliva Waterfall
One of the waterfalls of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In numbers.
29m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–May
Nov
Best months
366m
Elevation
The water at Pliva Waterfall, month by month
It roars from November to May.
The fullest months: from November to May.
- 50 m³/sJan
- 56 m³/sFeb
- 61 m³/sMar
- 59 m³/sApr
- 54 m³/sMay
- 39 m³/sJun
- 16 m³/sJul
- 8.9 m³/sAug
- 30 m³/sSep
- 39 m³/sOct
- 51 m³/sNov
- 47 m³/sDec
From about 8.9 m³/s in the lowest month to 61 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to May and November.
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.
Getting there.
- Jajcenearest town · 0.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 90 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Banja Luka International Airport (BNX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 67 km in a straight lineCar hire at SJJ airport (Sarajevo)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to May and Novemberbest 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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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 27 m in 1.8 km. Here the river runs about 34 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 11viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 18car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 1caves
- 5campsitesPlivsko jezero, Jajce Youth Hostel Camping and 3 more
- 19hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmMotel Plaža, Turist 98, Lovačka kuca - Grabovača and 16 more
- 22restaurants 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
- Jajce0.5 km in a straight line
- Divičani5.5 km in a straight line
- Jezero8.2 km in a straight line
- Dobratići12 km in a straight line
- Šipovo16 km in a straight line
- Mrkonjić Grad17 km in a straight line
- Kneževo19 km in a straight line
- Podbrdo23 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 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 6 |
| Night °C | -3 | -2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 72 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 87 | 82 | 58 | 63 | 86 | 79 | 88 | 84 |
| Wet days | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Sun h/day | 2.5 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (366 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 | 26% | 69% | 65% | 26% | 86% | 104% | 87% | 152% | 76% | 209% | 36% | 189% |
| 2021 | 169% | 41% | 58% | 91% | 77% | 21% | 95% | 96% | 44% | 121% | 185% | 131% |
| 2022 | 45% | 65% | 30% | 97% | 53% | 72% | 44% | 96% | 167% | 17% | 162% | 140% |
| 2023 | 178% | 91% | 87% | 113% | 171% | 100% | 106% | 120% | 79% | 71% | 189% | 84% |
| 2024 | 78% | 58% | 116% | 47% | 103% | 81% | 100% | 43% | 180% | 87% | 91% | 103% |
| 2025 | 57% | 67% | 225% | 76% | 106% | 9% | 111% | 105% | 52% | 93% | 124% | 42% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Pliva Waterfall
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- —Height
- 29 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–May, NovBest months
Ilomska waterfalls
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- —Height
- 0.56 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr–Jun, OctBest months
Skakavac Waterfall (lower)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- —Height
- 0.27 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–May, NovBest months
Kozice waterfalls
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- —Height
- 0.99 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr–Jun, NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1451182) · 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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