Czechia 
In numbers.
2.3m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–Jun
Best months
241m
Elevation
The water at Vodopád Hostačovky, month by month
It roars from February to September.
The fullest months: from February to September.
- 3.4 m³/sJan
- 3.9 m³/sFeb
- 6.2 m³/sMar
- 5.2 m³/sApr
- 6.1 m³/sMay
- 5.7 m³/sJun
- 5.5 m³/sJul
- 5.4 m³/sAug
- 4.2 m³/sSep
- 3.1 m³/sOct
- 2.1 m³/sNov
- 1.0 m³/sDec
From about 1.0 m³/s in the lowest month to 6.2 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to June.
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 Czech Republic
Vodopád Hostačovky is a waterfall on the Hostačovka, in Czechia.
Getting there.
- Žlebynearest town · 0.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 320 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Pardubice Airport (PED)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 23 km in a straight lineCar hire at PRG airport (Prague)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to Junebest 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 14 m in 1.8 km. Here the river runs about 41 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 2waymarked walking routes[Č] Podhradí - Horní Bradlo, NS Žlebské putování
- 3car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 11information boards and visitor centres
- 10bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmPenzion Žlebská Lhotka
- —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
- Žleby0.5 km in a straight line
- Ronov nad Doubravou3.4 km in a straight line
- Vrdy4.0 km in a straight line
- Třemošnice7.1 km in a straight line
- Čáslav7.3 km in a straight line
- Golčův Jeníkov7.8 km in a straight line
- Vilémov8.7 km in a straight line
- Prachovice10 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 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| Night °C | -5 | -4 | -1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 49 | 39 | 44 | 37 | 74 | 80 | 84 | 81 | 59 | 48 | 44 | 46 |
| Wet days | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 17 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (241 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% | 244% | 95% | 39% | 127% | 282% | 65% | 160% | 139% | 198% | 65% | 60% |
| 2021 | 131% | 128% | 80% | 105% | 165% | 134% | 144% | 143% | 51% | 42% | 94% | 91% |
| 2022 | 87% | 122% | 48% | 120% | 90% | 131% | 70% | 117% | 128% | 53% | 75% | 120% |
| 2023 | 103% | 101% | 120% | 229% | 48% | 68% | 87% | 210% | 28% | 105% | 224% | 215% |
| 2024 | 118% | 194% | 67% | 108% | 106% | 72% | 143% | 87% | 370% | 80% | 78% | 76% |
| 2025 | 75% | 22% | 65% | 120% | 79% | 75% | 113% | 58% | 158% | 112% | 120% | 47% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Vodopád Hostačovky
Czechia
- —Height
- 2.3 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–JunBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q11924807) · 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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