River Flow Europe

Main river

The Main is a European river flowing through Germany. As of 2026-10-10, the Main was flowing at about 88.8 m³/s at the RAUNHEIM gauge.

Canonical name
Main
Countries
Germany
Maximum upstream drainage area
27,405 km²
Mapped river length
531 km
Gauging stations
17
Classification
Major European river
Latest measured discharge
88.8 m³/s (RAUNHEIM, 2026-10-10)

Gauging stations on the Main

The following 17 gauging stations report discharge for the Main, ordered downstream (largest catchment first). Discharge is in cubic metres per second (m³/s).

StationCountryDischarge (m³/s)Historical ComparisonObservedMeasurementData qualityProviderLat, LonSource
RAUNHEIMGermany88.8—instantaneousraw real-timePEGELONLINE50.016, 8.448source
FRANKFURT OSTHAFENGermany76—instantaneousraw real-timePEGELONLINE50.106, 8.715source
BürgstadtGermany0.459Much below normal41% below the historic medianinstantaneousunvalidated operational valueDatenquelle: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de49.711, 9.272source
MAINFLINGENGermany87.2—instantaneousraw real-timePEGELONLINE50.015, 9.034source
Steinbach QGermany72.5—instantaneousunvalidated operational valueDatenquelle: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de50.01, 9.604source
STEINBACHGermany60.9—instantaneousraw real-timePEGELONLINE50.011, 9.602source
HafenlohrGermany0.343Below normal25% below the historic medianinstantaneousunvalidated operational valueDatenquelle: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de49.87, 9.597source
Trunstadt QGermany43.1—instantaneousunvalidated operational valueDatenquelle: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de49.93, 10.755source
TRUNSTADTGermany70.6—instantaneousraw real-timePEGELONLINE49.93, 10.755source
SCHWEINFURT NEUER HAFENGermany42.9—instantaneousraw real-timePEGELONLINE50.031, 10.222source
MarktbreitGermany0.075Much below normal67% below the historic medianinstantaneousunvalidated operational valueDatenquelle: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de49.662, 10.155source
WürzburgGermany0.145Normal31% below the historic medianinstantaneousunvalidated operational valueDatenquelle: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de49.799, 9.948source
Würzburg QGermany60.7—instantaneousunvalidated operational valueDatenquelle: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de49.796, 9.926source
WÜRZBURGGermany57.2—instantaneousraw real-timePEGELONLINE49.796, 9.926source
KemmernGermany13Below normal38% below the historic medianinstantaneousunvalidated operational valueDatenquelle: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de49.951, 10.873source
SchwürbitzGermany6.7Much below normal52% below the historic medianinstantaneousunvalidated operational valueDatenquelle: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de50.165, 11.151source
MainleusGermany3.68Much below normal47% below the historic medianinstantaneousunvalidated operational valueDatenquelle: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de50.099, 11.373source

Data, sources & timestamps

Geometry is the HydroRIVERS network (HydroSHEDS): European reaches with at least 500 km² of upstream catchment, merged into chains between confluences. Flow direction comes from the network itself; river names are the canonical English label joined from provider metadata and Natural Earth, with local-language aliases retained.

Discharge is normalised observed streamflow from official national hydrology providers, measured where a gauge sits on the river and interpolated between gauges. Pale/estimated values are derived from drainage area × the local specific discharge of nearby gauges and are never presented as measurements.

Underlying dataset built . This page generated . Discharge values carry their own observation dates in the table above.

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