Austria 
In numbers.
0.85m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Aug
Best months
1,004m
Elevation
The water at Sulzbachfall, month by month
It roars from April to September.
The fullest months: from April to September, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: February.
- 0.3 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.8 m³/sMar
- 1.3 m³/sApr
- 1.5 m³/sMay
- 1.6 m³/sJun
- 1.7 m³/sJul
- 1.7 m³/sAug
- 1.3 m³/sSep
- 1.0 m³/sOct
- 0.8 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.28 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.7 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to August.
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 the Venediger Group in Salzburg
Sulzbachfall is a waterfall in Austria.
Getting there.
- Neukirchen am Großvenedigernearest town · 2.3 km in a straight line
- Parking 510 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Innsbruck Airport (INN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 70 km in a straight lineCar hire at INN airport (Innsbruck)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to Augustbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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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 245 m in 3.2 km.
What is around.
- 12viewpointsWasserfallblick, Albert-Schell-Kanzel, Knappenkanzel and 9 more
- 4waymarked walking routesWanderweg 914, Schaubergwerk Hochfeld am Knappenweg Untersulzbachtal, Arnoweg (Pinzgauer Grasberge) and 1 more
- 10car parks
- —swimming spots
- 3picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 2information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 1caves
- 3campsitesAlpen Camping Aigner, Camping Viktoria, Panoramastellplatz Friedburg
- 138hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmSteineralm, Buasen, Hotel Unterbrunn and 135 more
- 18restaurants 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
- Neukirchen am Großvenediger2.3 km in a straight line
- Wald im Pinzgau3.3 km in a straight line
- Bramberg am Wildkogel7.0 km in a straight line
- Krimml7.0 km in a straight line
- Hollersbach im Pinzgau13 km in a straight line
- Mittersill18 km in a straight line
- Gerlos18 km in a straight line
- Jochberg20 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 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| Night °C | -7 | -7 | -3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 62 | 54 | 72 | 82 | 128 | 151 | 167 | 171 | 118 | 101 | 87 | 68 |
| Wet days | 13 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 3.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 33 | 39 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 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 (1,004 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 | 43% | 118% | 110% | 63% | 102% | 135% | 129% | 175% | 135% | 189% | 22% | 282% |
| 2021 | 151% | 77% | 58% | 66% | 157% | 76% | 126% | 115% | 65% | 53% | 141% | 89% |
| 2022 | 69% | 97% | 16% | 96% | 96% | 101% | 87% | 96% | 114% | 70% | 92% | 83% |
| 2023 | 84% | 59% | 110% | 157% | 150% | 74% | 144% | 131% | 45% | 139% | 177% | 188% |
| 2024 | 105% | 147% | 135% | 117% | 155% | 150% | 105% | 86% | 196% | 145% | 17% | 74% |
| 2025 | 85% | 54% | 136% | 79% | 141% | 94% | 144% | 91% | 115% | 82% | 147% | 46% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Sulzbachfall
Austria
- —Height
- 0.85 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q21874865) · 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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