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Kosovo Kosovo Waterfall

White Drin Waterfall

One of the waterfalls of Kosovo.

When to go

Burimi i Drinit të Bardhë, Pejë
User:EndritoxiPhotography · CC BY-SA 4.0

In numbers.

0.15m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Mar–Apr
Oct–Nov

Best months

571m

Elevation

The water at White Drin Waterfall, month by month

It roars from November to April.

The fullest months: from November to April. The thinnest: from July to August.

  1. 0.4 m³/sJan
  2. 0.3 m³/sFeb
  3. 0.4 m³/sMar
  4. 0.3 m³/sApr
  5. 0.2 m³/sMay
  6. 0.2 m³/sJun
  7. 0.1 m³/sJul
  8. 0.1 m³/sAug
  9. 0.1 m³/sSep
  10. 0.2 m³/sOct
  11. 0.4 m³/sNov
  12. 0.4 m³/sDec
high water best months to go

From about 0.05 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.38 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to April and from October to November.

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 western part of Kosovo

White Drin Waterfall is a waterfall in Kosovo.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there.

  • Dubova (Driloni)nearest town · 6.0 km in a straight line
  • Parking 350 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Priština Adem Jashari International Airport (PRN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 62 km in a straight lineCar hire at PRN airport (Prishtina)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • From March to April and from October to Novemberbest 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.

White Drin Waterfall seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Drini i Bardhë through the falls
500 m550 m600 mWhite Drin Waterfall0+0.5 km+1 km+1.5 km← upstreamdownstream →

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 94 m in 1.9 km.

What is around.

  • —viewpoints
  • —waymarked walking routes
  • 2car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • —picnic sites
  • —toilets
  • —information boards and visitor centres
  • —bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 km
  • 1caves
  • —campsites
  • 9hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmMotel Antika, Potguri, Musa Haxhiu and 6 more
  • 8restaurants 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

  • Dubova (Driloni)6.0 km in a straight line
  • Pejë8.9 km in a straight line
  • Cerrcë13 km in a straight line
  • Rožaje16 km in a straight line
  • Istok16 km in a straight line
  • Ibarac16 km in a straight line
  • Strellc i Ulët18 km in a straight line
  • Strellc i Epërm18 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C461015202429292318126
Night °C-3-216101416161284-1
Rain & snow (mm)118110114909273504996117150134
Wet days13121313141210810111414
Sun h/day3.14.05.06.17.38.99.99.46.65.33.62.6
Snow on the ground (cm)1616113000002614

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (571 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

A beautiful waterfall in Kosovo , Pejë
Shqiponjek · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bijelog Drima (Drina) 27. listopada 2011.
MickMorton · CC BY-SA 3.0
Burimi i Drinit të Bardhë dhe Shpella e Radavcit
SabinaKN · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202037%62%84%65%85%115%77%271%135%151%10%171%
2021270%103%77%141%54%40%89%83%113%81%72%167%
202248%92%55%112%56%134%76%80%188%31%168%134%
2023173%42%80%108%127%170%75%165%47%69%193%61%
2024104%56%108%89%113%78%57%71%199%94%77%118%
202584%41%106%70%93%29%71%100%64%151%177%29%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

White Drin Waterfall

Kosovo

  • —Height
  • 0.15 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar–Apr, Oct–NovBest months

Miruša Waterfalls

Kosovo

  • 5 mHeight
  • 4.1 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar–May, NovBest months

See the guide

Grunas Waterfall

Albania

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Mar–Apr, Oct–NovBest months

See the guide

Jelovarnik

Serbia

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Apr–JulBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q7994657) · CC0
River flow and catchmentHydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX 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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