Czechia 
In numbers.
0.04m³/s
Average flow
Apr–Jul
Best months
918m
Elevation
The water at Vodopád Na Strašidlech, month by month
It roars from March to September.
The fullest months: from March to September. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 51%Jan
- 63%Feb
- 85%Mar
- 89%Apr
- 100%May
- 93%Jun
- 86%Jul
- 79%Aug
- 75%Sep
- 65%Oct
- 52%Nov
- 34%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.
Vodopád Na Strašidlech is a waterfall in Czechia.
Getting there.
- Štěpánovnearest town · 6.5 km in a straight line
- Pardubice Airport (PED)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 80 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
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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 310 m in 1.7 km. Here the river runs about 51 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpoints
- 14waymarked walking routesSzklarska Poręba - Pasterka, [Č] Paprsek - Nad Boudou, [Ž] Dolní Morava - Králický Sněžník and 11 more
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 18information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmVodopád pod Mléčným pramenem, Waterfall Ve Strži, Kaskady Nowinki
- 3caves
- —campsites
- 56hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmSpartak, Penzion Štvanice, Návrší and 53 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
- Štěpánov6.5 km in a straight line
- Staré Město8.5 km in a straight line
- Stronie Śląskie12 km in a straight line
- Králíky13 km in a straight line
- Międzylesie13 km in a straight line
- Hanušovice14 km in a straight line
- Jindřichov15 km in a straight line
- Červená Voda18 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 | -4 | -2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 3 | -2 |
| Night °C | -10 | -9 | -5 | -1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | -3 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 46 | 40 | 45 | 42 | 78 | 82 | 85 | 77 | 63 | 50 | 45 | 44 |
| Wet days | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 1.4 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 19 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (918 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 | 51% | 209% | 81% | 24% | 115% | 254% | 85% | 154% | 148% | 235% | 69% | 83% |
| 2021 | 123% | 123% | 78% | 117% | 149% | 88% | 98% | 167% | 52% | 42% | 103% | 95% |
| 2022 | 81% | 110% | 63% | 114% | 87% | 102% | 91% | 147% | 129% | 43% | 52% | 120% |
| 2023 | 102% | 96% | 90% | 186% | 59% | 59% | 71% | 220% | 39% | 109% | 210% | 176% |
| 2024 | 121% | 174% | 86% | 122% | 101% | 124% | 94% | 77% | 322% | 71% | 75% | 68% |
| 2025 | 76% | 18% | 81% | 94% | 91% | 78% | 133% | 48% | 163% | 104% | 138% | 43% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Vodopád Na Strašidlech
Czechia
- —Height
- 0.04 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q11878092) · 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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