Czechia Man-made waterfall
Waterfall in Kinského zahrada
One of the waterfalls of Czechia.
In numbers.
Apr–Jun
Aug
Best months
258m
Elevation
The water at Waterfall in Kinského zahrada, month by month
It roars from March to September.
The fullest months: from March to September.
- 70%Jan
- 74%Feb
- 92%Mar
- 91%Apr
- 100%May
- 100%Jun
- 95%Jul
- 99%Aug
- 81%Sep
- 72%Oct
- 65%Nov
- 53%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and August.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Kinského zahrada is a man-made waterfall in Czechia. It was made by people, not by the river alone.
Getting there.
- Smíchovnearest town · 0.8 km in a straight line
- Parking 610 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 10 km in a straight lineCar hire at PRG airport (Prague)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to June and Augustbest 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.
What is around.
- 92viewpointsMasarykova vyhlídka and 91 more
- 7waymarked walking routesPoutní cesta Loreta – Hájek, naučná stezka Po první pražské elektrické dráze, NS Radlice - Farkáň - Malvazinka and 4 more
- 1,228car parks
- —swimming spots
- 24picnic sites
- 93toilets
- 179information boards and visitor centres
- 37bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 2caves
- 16campsitesCamp Dana, Intercamp Kotva, Autocamp Hajek and 13 more
- 775hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmVilla Voyta, Plaza Prague Hotel, Plus Prague and 772 more
- 1,939restaurants 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
- Smíchov0.8 km in a straight line
- Malá Strana1.2 km in a straight line
- Nové Město1.6 km in a straight line
- Staré Město1.9 km in a straight line
- Prague2.0 km in a straight line
- Vyšehrad2.0 km in a straight line
- Střešovice2.2 km in a straight line
- Dejvice2.6 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 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| Night °C | -5 | -4 | -1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 42 | 32 | 39 | 36 | 69 | 78 | 79 | 81 | 52 | 46 | 43 | 41 |
| Wet days | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (258 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 | 45% | 230% | 118% | 56% | 120% | 190% | 50% | 149% | 132% | 193% | 51% | 68% |
| 2021 | 140% | 144% | 77% | 80% | 178% | 149% | 126% | 145% | 41% | 40% | 94% | 99% |
| 2022 | 85% | 89% | 44% | 142% | 70% | 172% | 67% | 103% | 137% | 62% | 108% | 123% |
| 2023 | 84% | 85% | 132% | 208% | 40% | 87% | 98% | 173% | 32% | 101% | 178% | 226% |
| 2024 | 115% | 193% | 40% | 90% | 149% | 67% | 128% | 88% | 332% | 91% | 63% | 97% |
| 2025 | 88% | 49% | 77% | 125% | 61% | 81% | 95% | 49% | 181% | 93% | 122% | 47% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Waterfall in Kinského zahrada
Czechia
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr–Jun, AugBest months
Waterfalls in Modřanská rokle
Czechia
- 2 mHeight
- 0.01 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr–Jun, AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q64868964) · 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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