Germany 
In numbers.
6.9m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
781m
Elevation
The water at Schleierfälle, month by month
It roars from May to September.
The fullest months: from May to September.
- 4.5 m³/sJan
- 4.7 m³/sFeb
- 6.2 m³/sMar
- 6.5 m³/sApr
- 8.8 m³/sMay
- 10 m³/sJun
- 10 m³/sJul
- 11 m³/sAug
- 8.3 m³/sSep
- 6.0 m³/sOct
- 4.0 m³/sNov
- 3.8 m³/sDec
From about 3.8 m³/s in the lowest month to 11 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
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 Bavaria, Germany
Schleierfälle is a waterfall in Germany.
Getting there.
- Saulgrubnearest town · 3.0 km in a straight line
- Parking 850 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Innsbruck Airport (INN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 53 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 58 m in 0.3 km. Here the river runs about 64 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 7viewpointsTiefsee, Aubichlaussicht and 5 more
- 2waymarked walking routesMeditationsweg Ammergauer Alpen, Via Romea - Deutschland - Bayern
- 16car parks
- 1swimming spotsHundebadeplatz
- 2picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 16information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 2caves
- 7campsitesNaturfreundehaus Saulgrub, Parkplatz Schwaigsee, Terrassen-Camping am Richterbichl and 4 more
- 51hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmAmmergauer Zeitgeist Medical & Spa Hotel, Landhotel Kirchberger, moor&mehr Bio Kurhotel Panorama and 48 more
- 6restaurants 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
- Saulgrub3.0 km in a straight line
- Wildsteig4.7 km in a straight line
- Bad Kohlgrub4.8 km in a straight line
- Rottenbuch6.6 km in a straight line
- Unterammergau7.2 km in a straight line
- Böbing8.9 km in a straight line
- Steingaden9.4 km in a straight line
- Oberammergau10 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 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 |
| Night °C | -6 | -5 | -1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | -4 |
| 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 (781 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.
Schleierfälle
Germany
- —Height
- 6.9 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q57981950) · 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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