Russia 
In numbers.
0.38m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr–Jul
Best months
210m
Elevation
The water at Gremyachy Waterfall, month by month
It roars from April to May.
The fullest months: from April to May, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from January to February. Below −4 °C on average (from December to March): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.2 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.7 m³/sMar
- 1.8 m³/sApr
- 1.8 m³/sMay
- 1.3 m³/sJun
- 1.0 m³/sJul
- 0.8 m³/sAug
- 0.8 m³/sSep
- 0.8 m³/sOct
- 0.6 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.09 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.8 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.
Waterfall, protected area of Russia in Sergiyevo-Posadsky District, Russia
Gremyachy Waterfall is a waterfall in Russia.
Getting there.
- Lozanearest town · 8.1 km in a straight line
- Parking 420 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 66 km in a straight line
- 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.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 2waymarked walking routesГремячий ключ, Гремячий ключ V2
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- 2picnic sites
- 3toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 1bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 6campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- 3restaurants 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
- Loza8.1 km in a straight line
- Sergiyev Posad14 km in a straight line
- Arsaki15 km in a straight line
- Svatkovo15 km in a straight line
- Skoropuskovskiy15 km in a straight line
- Fryanovo16 km in a straight line
- Semkhoz17 km in a straight line
- Strunino19 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 | -8 | -6 | -1 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | -6 |
| Night °C | -14 | -14 | -8 | -1 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | -5 | -11 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 47 | 41 | 42 | 50 | 82 | 87 | 92 | 74 | 64 | 71 | 57 | 51 |
| Wet days | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 1.6 | 3.9 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 38 | 49 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 25 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (210 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 | 105% | 115% | 146% | 104% | 247% | 138% | 221% | 84% | 80% | 69% | 91% | 66% |
| 2021 | 145% | 140% | 97% | 195% | 112% | 87% | 43% | 213% | 138% | 71% | 146% | 116% |
| 2022 | 99% | 71% | 58% | 165% | 95% | 52% | 73% | 37% | 130% | 106% | 104% | 213% |
| 2023 | 103% | 97% | 170% | 113% | 60% | 56% | 134% | 75% | 23% | 163% | 129% | 166% |
| 2024 | 84% | 125% | 47% | 132% | 28% | 161% | 105% | 78% | 52% | 98% | 132% | 232% |
| 2025 | 88% | 28% | 84% | 131% | 140% | 172% | 104% | 155% | 30% | 104% | 130% | 82% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4148584) · 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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