Greece 
In numbers.
0.39m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Nov–Feb
Best months
286m
Elevation
The water at Polylimnio waterfalls, month by month
It roars from December to February.
The fullest months: from December to February. The thinnest: from May to September.
- 1.2 m³/sJan
- 1.0 m³/sFeb
- 0.7 m³/sMar
- 0.3 m³/sApr
- 0.2 m³/sMay
- 0.1 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.2 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.8 m³/sNov
- 1.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.06 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.2 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from November to February.
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.
Lakes created by a staged waterfall in Messenia, Greece
Polylimnio waterfalls is a waterfall in Greece.
Getting there.
- Mesopótamosnearest town · 2.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 330 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Kalamata Airport (KLX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 18 km in a straight lineCar hire at KLX airport (Kalamata)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From November to Februarybest months to go (estimate)
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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 152 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 51 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 6viewpointsΚαραρράκτης, Λίμνη Κάδη, Λίμνη Καδούλα and 3 more
- —waymarked walking routes
- 5car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmΚαραρράκτης, Stathula
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- 4restaurants 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
- Mesopótamos2.5 km in a straight line
- Petrítsi3.0 km in a straight line
- Petalídi7.1 km in a straight line
- Aristoménis12 km in a straight line
- Chóra14 km in a straight line
- Messíni16 km in a straight line
- Pýlos16 km in a straight line
- Androúsa16 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 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 14 |
| Night °C | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 111 | 81 | 59 | 30 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 55 | 68 | 102 | 113 |
| Wet days | 13 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 4.2 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 12.4 | 13.0 | 11.9 | 9.3 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 4.1 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (286 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 | 15% | 36% | 85% | 70% | 67% | 41% | 144% | 63% | 327% | 97% | 19% | 148% |
| 2021 | 123% | 41% | 71% | 18% | 6% | 53% | 5% | 30% | 43% | 182% | 101% | 89% |
| 2022 | 62% | 52% | 67% | 121% | 110% | 95% | 159% | 180% | 42% | 72% | 148% | 52% |
| 2023 | 122% | 7% | 128% | 160% | 226% | 198% | 91% | 180% | 174% | 65% | 125% | 47% |
| 2024 | 70% | 64% | 220% | 56% | 106% | 13% | 29% | 254% | 195% | 15% | 143% | 250% |
| 2025 | 199% | 106% | 92% | 1,042% | 1,027% | 15% | 0% | 46% | 61% | 581% | 178% | 149% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Polylimnio waterfalls
Greece
- —Height
- 0.39 m³/sAverage flow
- Nov–FebBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q16329450) · 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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