Switzerland 
In numbers.
0.87m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr–Jul
Best months
1,147m
Elevation
The water at Trümmelbach Falls, month by month
It roars from April to June.
The fullest months: from April to June, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from January to February.
- 0.4 m³/sJan
- 0.4 m³/sFeb
- 0.8 m³/sMar
- 1.4 m³/sApr
- 1.6 m³/sMay
- 1.4 m³/sJun
- 1.2 m³/sJul
- 1.1 m³/sAug
- 0.9 m³/sSep
- 0.8 m³/sOct
- 0.8 m³/sNov
- 0.6 m³/sDec
From about 0.41 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.6 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to July.
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.
Getting there.
- Lauterbrunnennearest town · 2.7 km in a straight line
- Parking 410 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Bern Airport (BRN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 50 km in a straight lineCar hire at BRN airport (Bern)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to Julybest 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 423 m in 3.0 km.
What is around.
- 9viewpointsHigh Ultimate Basejump and 8 more
- 34waymarked walking routesStechelberg / Rütti - Schilthornbahn, Wengenralp, Lauterbrunnen - Schilthornbahn and 31 more
- 5car parks
- —swimming spots
- 7picnic sites
- 15toilets
- 9information boards and visitor centres
- 4bus stops within 1 km
- 10other named waterfalls within 4 kmSefinenfall, Staubbachfall, Sprutz and 7 more
- 1caves
- 4campsitesSchützenbach, Rütti, Breithorn and 1 more
- 81hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmRotstockhütte, Spielbodenalp, Jungfraublick and 78 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
- Lauterbrunnen2.7 km in a straight line
- Grindelwald11 km in a straight line
- Wilderswil11 km in a straight line
- Matten13 km in a straight line
- Därligen13 km in a straight line
- Interlaken13 km in a straight line
- Bönigen13 km in a straight line
- Unterseen14 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 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| Night °C | -8 | -7 | -3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | -1 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 81 | 69 | 89 | 103 | 154 | 151 | 148 | 165 | 106 | 107 | 114 | 92 |
| Wet days | 14 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| Sun h/day | 4.1 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 57 | 68 | 58 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 37 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,147 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 | 45% | 136% | 85% | 60% | 80% | 138% | 61% | 150% | 91% | 197% | 17% | 122% |
| 2021 | 175% | 77% | 57% | 62% | 101% | 104% | 227% | 73% | 103% | 73% | 75% | 102% |
| 2022 | 45% | 115% | 19% | 81% | 77% | 94% | 73% | 66% | 149% | 103% | 65% | 97% |
| 2023 | 55% | 28% | 126% | 117% | 121% | 82% | 91% | 128% | 113% | 156% | 155% | 163% |
| 2024 | 100% | 138% | 217% | 106% | 164% | 145% | 108% | 68% | 194% | 153% | 51% | 92% |
| 2025 | 132% | 50% | 90% | 118% | 100% | 100% | 148% | 105% | 195% | 80% | 78% | 34% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Trümmelbach Falls
Switzerland
- —Height
- 0.87 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q38141) · 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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