Danube Water Levels?

Hi,

How are the water levels along the Danube at the moment between Budapest and Passau? Is operating traffic pretty normal? Just curious. We depart from Budapest in two weeks. Thanks! :D

...Karl

Water levels in Passau are almost back to "normal" after the recent rain, traffic is operating.

But two weeks is a life time when it comes to water levels.

Water levels in Passau are almost back to "normal" after the recent rain, traffic is operating.

 

But two weeks is a life time when it comes to water levels.

A lifetime? Close to a cat's worth! :p

But two weeks is a life time when it comes to water levels.

Thanks, G.M.T.

Understood. :D

Notamermaid recommended this good site in German: http://www.wetteronline.de/pegelstaende?gid=SAC

Good graphics, the map gives you the deviation from the mean water level (Flusspegel or Pegel or Pegelstand in the German language), the more green means the more below average, the more red means the more above average. Easy to follow even if you are not fluent in German and the weather icons are, of course, self-explanatory.

Notamermaid recommended this good site in German: http://www.wetteronline.de/pegelstaende?gid=SAC

Thanks!! :D

Great link for checking river levels.

Have you seen the snow??? :eek: Past few days, snow on and off. Temps quite cool. Prepare thy self:mad:

Great site, thanks. Danube is of course Donau in German.

Thanks from me too.

I had heard from one of my neighbours of a holiday spoilt when they were totally stuck on the Danube because of the level of the river. Their whole holiday was spent on coaches to-ing and froing!

Looks like we may pass each other en route, KarlS, as we leave next week on AMAReina .

So far I haven't come across any CC members who are doing this trip, but as mentioned on another post, that is not really surprising.

Our first river cruise, and we are looking forward to it, and to the lovely itinerary.

Just returned this evening from our wonderful Uniworld Danube river cruise. Danube water levels from Budapest to Passau were perfect (from a passenger's perspective, at least). :D

Glad the water levels were good for your trip. We are taking this itinerary next year. :)

There is an app from Rivercruise.com that shows river levels and has many downloadable maps of river cruise port cities. Definitely worth checking out.

Marigold252: Thanks for mentioning my app, but the URL is wrong.. rivercruiseinfo.com - or for the unpatient, here are the direct links:

ios (iphone + ipad): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/river-cruise-info/id610398042?mt=8&uo=4

android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.appdream.rivercruise

JP & Chris - I see you decided on the Danube cruise on the Beatrice for next year, let me know if you have any questions.

JP & Chris - I see you decided on the Danube cruise on the Beatrice for next year, let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks! I'll probably start a general roll call in a few months (if no one else has) and ask lots of questions there. Right now we are busy planning a fall visit to Germany and Switzerland, so no time to think about this cruise yet. But I did read your review of the Danube cruise, which helped convince me to take it. :)

Marigold252: Thanks for mentioning my app, but the URL is wrong.. rivercruiseinfo.com - or for the unpatient, here are the direct links:

 

ios (iphone + ipad): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/river-cruise-info/id610398042?mt=8&uo=4

android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.appdream.rivercruise

I posted this on my tablet and for the life of me I can't figure out how to do an underline for a website so I just did a guesstimate for you. I actually was hoping you would see my post and do exactly what you did! I'm so impressed with your app I want others to see it. Still haven't booked our Danube cruise, but I check the app periodically to get an idea of the water levels.

Marigold252: Thanks for mentioning my app, but the URL is wrong.. rivercruiseinfo.com - or for the unpatient, here are the direct links:

 

ios (iphone + ipad): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/river-cruise-info/id610398042?mt=8&uo=4

android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.appdream.rivercruise

ingo_e, I have your app. It's a nice resource.

I like the river level graphs but I don't know how it relates to navigability. Do you know what the minimum water level is for river cruisers to be able to travel on the river?

Jeb: Glad to be of help.. But actually I don't know, some are absolute levels, some are relative levels above minimum, so what I already compiled for the website is a check if the level is rather high (or low) for this month / in general: http://rivercruiseinfo.com/content/river-levels . I am planning to include that in the app later this year, but at the moment I am finishing up a different project

Thanks, ingo. I have the app on my iPhone but hadn't looked at the web site. Between the charts on the app, the web site tables and upcoming forum posts from the river I should be able to obsess to my heart's content in the run-up to our August departure.

I am travelling to Bucharest to Budapest next week. Are the river levels high enough for a river Cruise? I am booked on uniworld

I am travelling to Bucharest to Budapest next week. Are the river levels high enough for a river Cruise? I am booked on uniworld

This is a fairly old topic, you might try the current active one

Danube water levels 2018 and similar topics - plus tips and info

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2600414