Bulgaria 
In numbers.
Apr–Jul
Best months
1,450m
Elevation
The water at Karlovsko Praskalo, month by month
It roars from March to July.
The fullest months: from March to July. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 57%Jan
- 71%Feb
- 92%Mar
- 91%Apr
- 100%May
- 92%Jun
- 75%Jul
- 50%Aug
- 49%Sep
- 56%Oct
- 48%Nov
- 41%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to July.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Karlovonearest town · 9.6 km in a straight line
- Plovdiv International Airport (PDV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 71 km in a straight lineCar hire at PDV airport (Plovdiv)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to Julybest months to go (estimate)
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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 450 m in 1.4 km. Here the river runs about 163 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 6waymarked walking routesПешеходен маршрут Ком - Емине (част от Е3), х. Васил Левски - х. Рай, х. Добрила - х. Васил Левски and 3 more
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- 2picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmЧерното пръскало, Карловско пръскало, Голям джендемски водопад
- —caves
- —campsites
- 7hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmх.Хубавец, х.Балкански рози, х.Плевен and 4 more
- —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
- Karlovo9.6 km in a straight line
- Kalofer15 km in a straight line
- Apriltsi16 km in a straight line
- Troyan23 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 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 4 | -2 |
| Night °C | -12 | -10 | -6 | -2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | -5 | -10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 53 | 45 | 54 | 51 | 85 | 85 | 75 | 50 | 54 | 55 | 41 | 55 |
| Wet days | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,450 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 | 22% | 142% | 123% | 90% | 88% | 115% | 62% | 71% | 37% | 135% | 50% | 178% |
| 2021 | 240% | 95% | 129% | 148% | 74% | 86% | 28% | 63% | 44% | 200% | 68% | 216% |
| 2022 | 57% | 117% | 39% | 122% | 35% | 95% | 56% | 116% | 84% | 15% | 114% | 64% |
| 2023 | 187% | 56% | 49% | 170% | 106% | 95% | 49% | 57% | 43% | 7% | 230% | 86% |
| 2024 | 78% | 38% | 88% | 106% | 111% | 49% | 52% | 44% | 79% | 34% | 115% | 235% |
| 2025 | 26% | 35% | 74% | 113% | 114% | 18% | 40% | 46% | 18% | 240% | 210% | 87% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Karlovsko Praskalo
Bulgaria
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q38100) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| 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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