Russia 
In numbers.
0.32m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–Apr
Nov–Dec
Best months
250m
Elevation
The water at Zmeykovskiye Waterfalls, month by month
It roars from October to April.
The fullest months: from October to April.
- 0.5 m³/sJan
- 0.5 m³/sFeb
- 0.5 m³/sMar
- 0.5 m³/sApr
- 0.4 m³/sMay
- 0.3 m³/sJun
- 0.2 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.2 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.4 m³/sNov
- 0.4 m³/sDec
From about 0.13 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.52 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to April and from November to December.
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.
Zmeykovskiye Waterfalls is a waterfall in Russia.
Getting there.
- Sochinearest town · 8.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 120 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Sochi International Airport (AER)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 24 km in a straight lineCar hire at BUS airport (Batumi)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to April and from November to Decemberbest 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 45 m in 0.6 km. Here the river runs about 113 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 3viewpointsВид на Ах-аг
- —waymarked walking routes
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- 10picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 15other named waterfalls within 4 kmЗмейковский водопад, Царский, София and 12 more
- —caves
- 5campsitesКазачий хуторок and 4 more
- 2hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmЖК "Раздолье", Пансионат-клуб "Лесное"
- 3restaurants 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
- Sochi8.5 km in a straight line
- Dagomys12 km in a straight line
- Khosta14 km in a straight line
- Kudepsta17 km in a straight line
- Gornoye Loo19 km in a straight line
- Orël-Izumrud21 km in a straight line
- Vysokoye23 km in a straight line
- Moldovka23 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 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 9 |
| Night °C | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 136 | 116 | 119 | 84 | 90 | 84 | 87 | 64 | 116 | 139 | 124 | 126 |
| Wet days | 16 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 2.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 22 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (250 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 | 88% | 138% | 47% | 27% | 108% | 45% | 67% | 44% | 75% | 33% | 82% | 51% |
| 2021 | 123% | 112% | 109% | 149% | 89% | 92% | 187% | 190% | 148% | 86% | 83% | 98% |
| 2022 | 159% | 88% | 108% | 122% | 117% | 95% | 138% | 41% | 139% | 118% | 68% | 92% |
| 2023 | 38% | 173% | 130% | 209% | 116% | 84% | 145% | 13% | 48% | 50% | 196% | 143% |
| 2024 | 145% | 80% | 77% | 11% | 109% | 40% | 57% | 113% | 339% | 88% | 118% | 137% |
| 2025 | 50% | 81% | 70% | 148% | 100% | 150% | 52% | 82% | 116% | 165% | 25% | 170% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Zmeykovskiye Waterfalls
Russia
- —Height
- 0.32 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–Apr, Nov–DecBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q104709031) · 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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