Austria 
In numbers.
47m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
385m
Elevation
The water at Traunfall, month by month
It roars in March and from May to September.
The fullest months: March and from May to September.
- 44 m³/sJan
- 48 m³/sFeb
- 61 m³/sMar
- 51 m³/sApr
- 71 m³/sMay
- 83 m³/sJun
- 81 m³/sJul
- 81 m³/sAug
- 69 m³/sSep
- 48 m³/sOct
- 26 m³/sNov
- 24 m³/sDec
From about 24 m³/s in the lowest month to 83 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
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 Austria
Traunfall is a waterfall in Austria.
Getting there.
- Roithamnearest town · 1.9 km in a straight line
- Parking 280 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Linz-Hörsching Airport (LNZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 38 km in a straight lineCar hire at LNZ airport (Linz)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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 22 m in 2.9 km. Here the river runs about 39 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 1waymarked walking routesArena der Menschenrechte
- 5car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 3toilets
- 2information boards and visitor centres
- 11bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsitesPfadfinderlagerplatz Gruppe Schwanenstadt
- 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmGasthof Hofbauer, Hütte Troadkasten, Höckner Plaza Hotel and 5 more
- 5restaurants 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
- Roitham1.9 km in a straight line
- Desselbrunn2.3 km in a straight line
- Rüstorf3.1 km in a straight line
- Redlham4.0 km in a straight line
- Laakirchen4.1 km in a straight line
- Schwanenstadt4.7 km in a straight line
- Niederstraß5.2 km in a straight line
- Oberndorf bei Schwanenstadt5.4 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 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 4 |
| Night °C | -4 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 94 | 73 | 85 | 68 | 132 | 152 | 149 | 150 | 115 | 89 | 70 | 81 |
| Wet days | 14 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 |
| Sun h/day | 2.0 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 20 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (385 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 | 49% | 207% | 71% | 67% | 110% | 133% | 126% | 134% | 141% | 155% | 41% | 72% |
| 2021 | 106% | 63% | 84% | 80% | 113% | 66% | 130% | 139% | 50% | 44% | 120% | 139% |
| 2022 | 81% | 120% | 26% | 143% | 85% | 133% | 86% | 90% | 132% | 106% | 139% | 88% |
| 2023 | 67% | 138% | 93% | 235% | 79% | 50% | 104% | 163% | 32% | 72% | 297% | 225% |
| 2024 | 93% | 103% | 73% | 124% | 112% | 133% | 89% | 87% | 264% | 87% | 54% | 93% |
| 2025 | 45% | 32% | 118% | 74% | 92% | 74% | 158% | 61% | 91% | 103% | 109% | 28% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Traunfall
Austria
- —Height
- 47 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q2450429) · 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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