Croatia 
In numbers.
25m
Height
1.1m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–Apr
Oct–Nov
Best months
281kW
Water power
estimate
The water at Galovački buk, month by month
It roars from October to April.
The fullest months: from October to April.
- 1.6 m³/sJan
- 1.7 m³/sFeb
- 1.7 m³/sMar
- 1.6 m³/sApr
- 1.4 m³/sMay
- 0.9 m³/sJun
- 0.4 m³/sJul
- 0.4 m³/sAug
- 1.4 m³/sSep
- 1.8 m³/sOct
- 2.2 m³/sNov
- 1.8 m³/sDec
From about 0.36 m³/s in the lowest month to 2.2 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 Croatia in Plitvice Lakes National Park.16 meters high.
Galovački buk is a waterfall in Croatia. The water falls 25 m. It lies within Plitvice Lakes National Park. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Getting there.
- Rakovicanearest town · 14 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,220 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Zadar Airport (ZAD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 89 km in a straight lineCar hire at ZAD airport (Zadar)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to April and from October to Novemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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How big is it?
How big it really is.
Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.
281 kW
About 1.1 m³/s falling 25 m: the power of the water as it drops.
- enough to power about 70 homes, if it were all turned into electricity
Power of falling water = density × gravity × flow × height. Average flow and height as shown above; an estimate.
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.
What is around.
- 19viewpointsTomićevo pogledalo, Belvedere and 17 more
- 10waymarked walking routesPješačka ruta A, Pješačka ruta B, Pješačka ruta C and 7 more
- 13car parks
- —swimming spots
- 25picnic sites
- 5toilets
- 35information boards and visitor centres
- 4bus stops within 1 km
- 13other named waterfalls within 4 kmBatinovački slap, Jarkuše, Milanovački slap and 10 more
- —caves
- 1campsites
- 100hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmB&B Millenium House, Villa Jezerka, Guesthouse Sven Luketić and 97 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
- Rakovica14 km in a straight line
- Izačić14 km in a straight line
- Vrhovine15 km in a straight line
- Saborsko16 km in a straight line
- Korenica17 km in a straight line
- Tržačka Raštela18 km in a straight line
- Pjanići21 km in a straight line
- Bihać22 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 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 3 |
| Night °C | -4 | -4 | -1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 94 | 103 | 89 | 94 | 108 | 86 | 69 | 85 | 140 | 124 | 141 | 111 |
| Wet days | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 2.4 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (585 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 | 19% | 49% | 63% | 27% | 74% | 99% | 100% | 135% | 95% | 228% | 41% | 163% |
| 2021 | 186% | 53% | 53% | 107% | 95% | 16% | 142% | 75% | 56% | 90% | 117% | 137% |
| 2022 | 51% | 64% | 46% | 84% | 79% | 72% | 61% | 33% | 164% | 26% | 144% | 188% |
| 2023 | 204% | 71% | 105% | 132% | 198% | 122% | 144% | 160% | 44% | 102% | 166% | 91% |
| 2024 | 104% | 60% | 153% | 63% | 133% | 114% | 102% | 69% | 174% | 117% | 81% | 100% |
| 2025 | 86% | 82% | 176% | 76% | 117% | 19% | 161% | 94% | 61% | 100% | 100% | 51% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Galovački buk
Croatia
- 25 mHeight
- 1.1 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–Apr, Oct–NovBest months
Bliha Waterfall
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 40 mHeight
- —Average flow
- Mar–Apr, Oct–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q56008274) · 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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