Latvia 
In numbers.
Apr–Jun
Oct
Best months
76m
Elevation
The water at Staburags, month by month
It roars from April to August and in October.
The fullest months: from April to August and October. Below −4 °C on average (from January to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 62%Jan
- 60%Feb
- 72%Mar
- 100%Apr
- 88%May
- 81%Jun
- 78%Jul
- 79%Aug
- 69%Sep
- 81%Oct
- 70%Nov
- 64%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and October.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Koknesenearest town · 8.6 km in a straight line
- Parking 40 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Riga International Airport (RIX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 100 km in a straight lineCar hire at RIX airport (Riga)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to June and Octoberbest 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.
Here the river runs about 18 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 3car parks
- 1swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 3information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 2campsitesVīgante Park
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —restaurants 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
- Koknese8.6 km in a straight line
- Aizkraukle14 km in a straight line
- Pļaviņas16 km in a straight line
- Sala19 km in a straight line
- Skrīveri23 km in a straight line
- Krustpils24 km in a straight line
- Jēkabpils25 km in a straight line
- Jaunjelgava25 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 | -3 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 3 | -1 |
| Night °C | -9 | -9 | -5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | -1 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 57 | 48 | 46 | 49 | 64 | 88 | 94 | 88 | 64 | 76 | 70 | 58 |
| Wet days | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Sun h/day | 0.6 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 22 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 17 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (76 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 | 85% | 126% | 115% | 75% | 91% | 109% | 102% | 74% | 70% | 112% | 80% | 67% |
| 2021 | 103% | 37% | 92% | 114% | 220% | 57% | 46% | 164% | 66% | 68% | 114% | 106% |
| 2022 | 137% | 149% | 21% | 101% | 134% | 119% | 115% | 67% | 53% | 90% | 59% | 108% |
| 2023 | 163% | 104% | 175% | 87% | 49% | 50% | 99% | 168% | 68% | 193% | 109% | 153% |
| 2024 | 104% | 183% | 78% | 184% | 62% | 80% | 126% | 60% | 58% | 49% | 85% | 104% |
| 2025 | 116% | 47% | 101% | 88% | 243% | 137% | 159% | 84% | 58% | 90% | 54% | 80% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Staburags
Latvia
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr–Jun, OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7595802) · 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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