Poland 
In numbers.
Apr–Jul
Best months
512m
Elevation
The water at Pośny waterfall, month by month
It roars from February to September.
The fullest months: from February to September. Below −4 °C on average (January): the falls can partly freeze.
- 67%Jan
- 77%Feb
- 96%Mar
- 95%Apr
- 100%May
- 94%Jun
- 92%Jul
- 86%Aug
- 80%Sep
- 71%Oct
- 59%Nov
- 44%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.
Pośny waterfall is a waterfall in Poland.
Getting there.
- Radkównearest town · 3.3 km in a straight line
- Parking 400 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Pardubice Airport (PED)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 69 km in a straight lineCar hire at WRO airport (Wrocław)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to Julybest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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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 164 m in 0.5 km. Here the river runs about 177 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 11viewpointsSzczeliniec Wielki, Tarasy południowe, Ochota Magdaleńska and 8 more
- 15waymarked walking routesSzklarska Poręba - Pasterka, Radków, rozwidlenie - Szczeliniec Wielki, przełęcz, Lisia Przełęcz - Polana Imka and 12 more
- 22car parks
- —swimming spots
- 9picnic sites
- 9toilets
- 40information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 8campsitesCamping U Potoka, Camp Radków, Góry Stołowe Camp and 5 more
- 73hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmDom Gościnny Radków, Leśny Dwór, Złoty Kłos and 70 more
- 15restaurants 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
- Radków3.3 km in a straight line
- Machov5.9 km in a straight line
- Kudowa-Zdrój9.7 km in a straight line
- Duszniki-Zdrój10 km in a straight line
- Police nad Metují10 km in a straight line
- Szczytna11 km in a straight line
- Lewin Kłodzki11 km in a straight line
- Broumov11 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 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| Night °C | -7 | -6 | -3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 56 | 46 | 50 | 43 | 78 | 85 | 92 | 82 | 67 | 56 | 52 | 54 |
| Wet days | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 1.4 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 20 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 18 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (512 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 | 51% | 214% | 78% | 25% | 126% | 239% | 58% | 155% | 131% | 209% | 58% | 60% |
| 2021 | 114% | 108% | 88% | 109% | 165% | 94% | 118% | 166% | 68% | 53% | 94% | 81% |
| 2022 | 76% | 142% | 51% | 114% | 72% | 117% | 65% | 149% | 114% | 49% | 58% | 99% |
| 2023 | 101% | 105% | 115% | 192% | 53% | 63% | 91% | 218% | 37% | 110% | 208% | 156% |
| 2024 | 112% | 204% | 64% | 94% | 84% | 74% | 124% | 98% | 329% | 65% | 91% | 66% |
| 2025 | 82% | 28% | 66% | 109% | 99% | 68% | 114% | 60% | 139% | 121% | 109% | 50% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Pośny waterfall
Poland
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q9376277) · 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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