Germany 
In numbers.
5m
Width
Jun–Sep
Best months
1,152m
Elevation
The water at Kuhfluchtquelle bei Farchant, month by month
It roars from May to September.
The fullest months: from May to September.
- 41%Jan
- 43%Feb
- 57%Mar
- 60%Apr
- 81%May
- 96%Jun
- 96%Jul
- 100%Aug
- 77%Sep
- 55%Oct
- 37%Nov
- 35%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Kuhfluchtquelle bei Farchant is a waterfall in Germany.
Getting there.
- Farchantnearest town · 2.2 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,490 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Innsbruck Airport (INN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 km in a straight lineCar hire at INN airport (Innsbruck)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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 408 m in 0.8 km.
What is around.
- 14viewpointsWankweg, Almerisch, Naturkino and 11 more
- 5waymarked walking routesPhilosophenweg, Via Alpina Purple A59, Via Romea - Deutschland - Bayern and 2 more
- 10car parks
- —swimming spots
- 3picnic sites
- 3toilets
- 31information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmUnterer Kuhfluchtwasserfall, Mittlerer Kuhfluchtwasserfall
- 3caves
- 2campsitesCamp am Wank
- 221hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHotel Vier Jahreszeiten, Fischer's Postresidenzen, Föhrenhof and 218 more
- 13restaurants 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
- Farchant2.2 km in a straight line
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen5.3 km in a straight line
- Oberammergau9.5 km in a straight line
- Grainau10 km in a straight line
- Krün11 km in a straight line
- Wallgau11 km in a straight line
- Unterammergau13 km in a straight line
- Mittenwald13 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 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| Night °C | -8 | -7 | -4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | -2 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 83 | 65 | 81 | 84 | 149 | 175 | 172 | 185 | 118 | 91 | 70 | 74 |
| Wet days | 13 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 3.3 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 23 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,152 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 | 46% | 178% | 85% | 79% | 65% | 150% | 106% | 123% | 118% | 140% | 35% | 95% |
| 2021 | 124% | 51% | 93% | 61% | 123% | 85% | 141% | 122% | 75% | 43% | 133% | 97% |
| 2022 | 56% | 135% | 13% | 89% | 95% | 97% | 89% | 72% | 119% | 108% | 101% | 83% |
| 2023 | 49% | 79% | 108% | 196% | 121% | 39% | 118% | 125% | 55% | 85% | 258% | 219% |
| 2024 | 95% | 89% | 107% | 106% | 134% | 147% | 122% | 95% | 171% | 114% | 52% | 94% |
| 2025 | 69% | 33% | 103% | 44% | 92% | 65% | 146% | 79% | 102% | 74% | 112% | 32% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Kuhfluchtquelle bei Farchant
Germany
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q57538157) · 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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