Slovenia 
In numbers.
571m
Height
0.74m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May
Aug–Oct
Best months
4.1MW
Water power
estimate
The water at Savica Falls, month by month
It roars from April to November.
The fullest months: from April to November.
- 0.4 m³/sJan
- 0.4 m³/sFeb
- 0.7 m³/sMar
- 0.8 m³/sApr
- 1.0 m³/sMay
- 0.9 m³/sJun
- 0.9 m³/sJul
- 1.0 m³/sAug
- 1.2 m³/sSep
- 1.1 m³/sOct
- 1.1 m³/sNov
- 0.7 m³/sDec
From about 0.39 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: May and from August to October.
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.
Waterfall in Slovenia
Savica Falls is a waterfall in Slovenia. The water falls 571 m. It lies within Triglav National Park.
Getting there.
- Bohinjska Bistricanearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Parking 610 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 51 km in a straight lineCar hire at LJU airport (Zgornji Brnik)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- May and from August to Octoberbest 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.
4.1 MW
About 0.74 m³/s falling 571 m: the power of the water as it drops.
- as much as 1.4 large wind turbines
- enough to power about 1,000 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.
- 13viewpointsSavica, Slap Savica, Lake view and 10 more
- 15waymarked walking routesSlovenska planinska pot, Via Alpina Red R11, JK12b and 12 more
- 3car parks
- —swimming spots
- 7picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 4information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmSlap Ukanška Suha
- 8caves
- 2campsitesZTS National training Centre Gozdna šola, Kamp Bohinj Zlatorog
- 24hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmMajerca, Koča na Planini pri Jezeru, Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih and 21 more
- 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
- Bohinjska Bistrica12 km in a straight line
- Tolmin13 km in a straight line
- Mojstrana16 km in a straight line
- Kobarid17 km in a straight line
- Kranjska Gora18 km in a straight line
- Cras19 km in a straight line
- Bovec19 km in a straight line
- Clodig22 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 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| Night °C | -7 | -6 | -2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 58 | 66 | 74 | 83 | 110 | 120 | 125 | 140 | 130 | 118 | 119 | 85 |
| Wet days | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 19 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (921 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 | 35% | 67% | 153% | 37% | 100% | 172% | 154% | 173% | 114% | 222% | 26% | 342% |
| 2021 | 285% | 157% | 41% | 98% | 268% | 52% | 123% | 111% | 58% | 75% | 147% | 99% |
| 2022 | 97% | 69% | 40% | 125% | 85% | 82% | 96% | 94% | 199% | 70% | 97% | 176% |
| 2023 | 199% | 33% | 131% | 121% | 166% | 128% | 238% | 179% | 62% | 235% | 146% | 199% |
| 2024 | 172% | 209% | 233% | 132% | 210% | 153% | 126% | 60% | 227% | 224% | 36% | 42% |
| 2025 | 240% | 75% | 221% | 107% | 142% | 66% | 161% | 77% | 131% | 103% | 108% | 26% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Savica Falls
Slovenia
- 571 mHeight
- 0.74 m³/sAverage flow
- May, Aug–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q21044636) · 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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