Switzerland 
In numbers.
40m
Height
2.6m³/s
Average flow
May–Aug
Best months
1.0MW
Water power
estimate
The water at Rinquelle, month by month
It roars from April to September.
The fullest months: from April to September, with the snowmelt.
- 39%Jan
- 37%Feb
- 71%Mar
- 84%Apr
- 92%May
- 100%Jun
- 96%Jul
- 100%Aug
- 76%Sep
- 60%Oct
- 48%Nov
- 44%Dec
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.
Rinquelle is a waterfall in Switzerland. The water falls 40 m.
Getting there.
- Amdennearest town · 2.1 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,090 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 49 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
Stay, explore and get there
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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.
1.0 MW
About 2.6 m³/s falling 40 m: the power of the water as it drops.
- enough to power about 260 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.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What is around.
- 10viewpointsChapf, Seerenbachfälle and 8 more
- 62waymarked walking routesVorderbetlis - Seerenwald, Seerenwad - Bidem, Seerenwald - Quinten and 59 more
- 62car parks
- —swimming spots
- 13picnic sites
- 10toilets
- 13information boards and visitor centres
- 2bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmMuslenfall, Seerenbachfälle
- —caves
- 2campsitesGäsi, Camping Murg
- 26hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmSternen, Hirschen, RömerTurm and 23 more
- 21restaurants 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
- Amden2.1 km in a straight line
- Weesen5.2 km in a straight line
- Quarten6.8 km in a straight line
- Niederurnen8.5 km in a straight line
- Oberurnen8.5 km in a straight line
- Näfels8.9 km in a straight line
- Mollis8.9 km in a straight line
- Schänis9.3 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 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| Night °C | -5 | -4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 92 | 70 | 91 | 93 | 147 | 173 | 169 | 185 | 121 | 103 | 91 | 93 |
| Wet days | 14 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 2.5 | 3.8 | 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) | 37 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 24 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (596 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
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 | 57% | 200% | 97% | 54% | 76% | 137% | 80% | 138% | 95% | 173% | 33% | 134% |
| 2021 | 265% | 98% | 117% | 66% | 140% | 98% | 220% | 119% | 82% | 56% | 105% | 136% |
| 2022 | 67% | 183% | 17% | 104% | 85% | 102% | 84% | 70% | 141% | 102% | 91% | 94% |
| 2023 | 60% | 59% | 145% | 175% | 138% | 46% | 116% | 140% | 86% | 125% | 248% | 211% |
| 2024 | 114% | 115% | 196% | 148% | 156% | 137% | 130% | 59% | 178% | 129% | 81% | 116% |
| 2025 | 115% | 45% | 79% | 82% | 111% | 93% | 170% | 97% | 145% | 100% | 104% | 25% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Rinquelle
Switzerland
- 40 mHeight
- 2.6 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q2154241) · 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.
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