The best time to visit Uvac
The same canyon changes face twelve times a year — the vultures are busiest in summer, the colour comes in autumn, and the boat trip depends on the weather, not the calendar.
- Best
- June–September (vultures)
- Hottest
- August, average daily mean 19.6°C
- Coldest
- January, average daily mean −1.4°C
Two things pick the month for Uvac: how active the griffon vultures are above the canyon, and whether the weather allows a boat trip. June–September (vultures); autumn colour, but May and June bring the most rain of the year — and the boat is cancelled for rain, hail, snow, strong wind or a storm, whatever the month.
Month by month
Average daily mean and number of rain days per month, 2021-2024 (Open-Meteo).
The vultures pick summer
Griffon vultures are most active above the canyon June–September (vultures); autumn colour, which is also when the boat trip is most reliable. May and June, though, carry the most rain of the year — seventeen days in May, fifteen in June — so the forecast that morning matters more than the calendar.
The boat depends on the weather, not the season
The reserve is open year-round, weather-dependent. The boat trip itself, to the Ice Cave and the viewpoint from the water, is cancelled for rain, hail, snow, strong wind or a storm, by the reserve's official price list — the rule holds in July the same as in January.
Before you go
Short answers to what people ask most before setting out.
When are the griffon vultures at Uvac easiest to see?
June–September (vultures); autumn colour — that's when they're most active above the canyon, and when the cruise is most reliable too.
Is Uvac open in winter?
year-round, weather-dependent. Individual boat trips are cancelled for rain, hail, snow, strong wind or a storm, whatever the month.
Which month has the most rain?
May, with seventeen rain days on average, and June close behind with fifteen — the same months the vultures are busiest.
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Where to next
Uvac in 2 days
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