Germany 
In numbers.
0.74m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–Jun
Best months
344m
Elevation
The water at Dooser Wasserfall, month by month
It roars from January to May.
The fullest months: from January to May.
- 1.4 m³/sJan
- 1.3 m³/sFeb
- 1.7 m³/sMar
- 1.1 m³/sApr
- 1.2 m³/sMay
- 0.6 m³/sJun
- 0.6 m³/sJul
- 0.4 m³/sAug
- 0.3 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.7 m³/sNov
- 0.6 m³/sDec
From about 0.31 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 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.
A small waterfall in the Franconian Switzerland
Dooser Wasserfall is a waterfall in Germany.
Getting there.
- Waischenfeldnearest town · 5.4 km in a straight line
- Parking 100 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Nuremberg Airport (NUE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 38 km in a straight lineCar hire at NUE airport (Nuremberg)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 6 m in 1.8 km. Here the river runs about 44 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 12viewpointsKönig-Ludwig-Felsen, Wiesenttalblick, Aussichtsturm Hohes Kreuz and 9 more
- 19waymarked walking routesScheßlitz-Doos, Waischenfeld Rundwanderweg Blauer Ring, Fränkischer Marienweg – Ave-Maria-Route and 16 more
- 18car parks
- —swimming spots
- 8picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 14information boards and visitor centres
- 2bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 21caves
- 14campsitesZeltplatz der Kolpingsfamilie Münchberg, Fuchshof, Wohnmobilstellplatz Pezoldstraße - Gößweinstein and 11 more
- 75hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHotel Gasthof Schwarzer Adler, Püttlachtal, Fränkische Schweiz and 72 more
- 16restaurants 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
- Waischenfeld5.4 km in a straight line
- Gößweinstein5.6 km in a straight line
- Unterleinleiter7.8 km in a straight line
- Ebermannstadt8.9 km in a straight line
- Pottenstein9.1 km in a straight line
- Aufseß9.5 km in a straight line
- Heiligenstadt11 km in a straight line
- Pretzfeld11 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 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| Night °C | -4 | -4 | -1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 65 | 50 | 53 | 40 | 74 | 67 | 80 | 70 | 58 | 57 | 64 | 69 |
| Wet days | 14 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
| Sun h/day | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 16 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (344 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
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 | 52% | 247% | 101% | 34% | 69% | 186% | 41% | 154% | 83% | 119% | 27% | 90% |
| 2021 | 136% | 111% | 75% | 75% | 133% | 136% | 184% | 153% | 46% | 64% | 82% | 103% |
| 2022 | 106% | 129% | 34% | 198% | 45% | 55% | 35% | 83% | 188% | 82% | 77% | 81% |
| 2023 | 82% | 95% | 189% | 134% | 47% | 64% | 83% | 181% | 35% | 121% | 155% | 158% |
| 2024 | 120% | 170% | 55% | 156% | 167% | 145% | 91% | 104% | 181% | 113% | 81% | 79% |
| 2025 | 100% | 47% | 35% | 75% | 56% | 80% | 112% | 58% | 183% | 119% | 54% | 29% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Dooser Wasserfall
Germany
- —Height
- 0.74 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–JunBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q105626888) · 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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