Bosnia and Herzegovina Waterfall
Skakavac Waterfall
One of the waterfalls of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In numbers.
0.51m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr–Jun
Nov
Best months
1,003m
Elevation
The water at Skakavac Waterfall, month by month
It roars from November to May.
The fullest months: from November to May.
- 1.0 m³/sJan
- 1.0 m³/sFeb
- 1.1 m³/sMar
- 1.0 m³/sApr
- 0.8 m³/sMay
- 0.8 m³/sJun
- 0.4 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.4 m³/sSep
- 0.7 m³/sOct
- 1.0 m³/sNov
- 0.9 m³/sDec
From about 0.13 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.1 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and November.
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 on the Perućica
Skakavac Waterfall is a waterfall in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Getting there.
- Gackonearest town · 21 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,170 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 64 km in a straight lineCar hire at SJJ airport (Sarajevo)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to June and Novemberbest 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 511 m in 3.6 km.
What is around.
- 3viewpointsVidikovac Skakavac
- 1waymarked walking routesDonje Bare preko Suhe i Prijevora do Trnovačkog jezera
- 3car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmWasserfall Vodopad
- 1caves
- 7campsitesOmladinski kamp Tjentište, Camp Sutjeska-Tjentište, Suha and 4 more
- 6hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmMladost, Camp Volujak, Planinska kuća Donje Bare and 3 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
- Gacko21 km in a straight line
- Plužine21 km in a straight line
- Foča22 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 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 3 |
| Night °C | -6 | -6 | -3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 89 | 87 | 86 | 74 | 86 | 100 | 65 | 55 | 84 | 92 | 108 | 100 |
| Wet days | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide. 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 | 47% | 68% | 78% | 52% | 89% | 411% | 93% | 241% | 113% | 121% | 16% | 158% |
| 2021 | 232% | 77% | 78% | 113% | 82% | 41% | 109% | 112% | 49% | 137% | 137% | 169% |
| 2022 | 52% | 84% | 54% | 92% | 95% | 68% | 103% | 95% | 138% | 12% | 137% | 142% |
| 2023 | 232% | 89% | 74% | 224% | 160% | 143% | 98% | 152% | 77% | 58% | 208% | 61% |
| 2024 | 85% | 90% | 98% | 64% | 129% | 54% | 95% | 68% | 174% | 87% | 76% | 116% |
| 2025 | 66% | 70% | 174% | 106% | 95% | 16% | 116% | 156% | 111% | 115% | 146% | 35% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Skakavac Waterfall
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- —Height
- 0.51 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr–Jun, NovBest months
Šištica waterfall
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 12 mHeight
- 32 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–Apr, Oct–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7533791) · 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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