Classic route · the Danube

Nuremberg ⇄ Vienna: the water outlook

Down the canal from Nuremberg, then the Danube through Regensburg, Passau, and the Wachau to Vienna.

The canal is locked and steady; the Danube's free-flowing reaches decide this route.

The chart shows the next twelve months for this route, each month scored on the tightest stretch it sails. Right now the calmest coming months are May (93% as planned) and April (90%); October is the toughest at 17%: high risk.

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Last five years, month by month

The five years before each month, most recent on top · marks are months that hit low water · solid = a week or more

Water height = the chance the month goes as planned, so a full column is a comfortable booking. Water below the dashed line: the itinerary may flex. Hover any month for its figure. *Months use the live forecast; the rest use the thirty-year record. The month we are in counts the days already on record.

Sailing on specific dates? The cruise checker scores your exact window on this route, day by day, and can email you if the outlook changes.