Pegel Mettlach UP — Saar
The Saar at Mettlach UP was 204 cm at 05:30 CEST on 24 October 2026, unchanged in 24 hours.
Last 7 days
Lowest 182 cm · highest 219 cm · 671 readings
Other gauges on the Saar
Kanzem UP 205 cm Kanzem OP 199 cm Schoden SKA 240 cm Schoden OP 203 cm Schoden UP 256 cm Serrig UP 200 cm Serrig OP 201 cm Mettlach OP 203 cm Fremersdorf 203 cm Rehlingen UP 204 cm Rehlingen OP 195 cm Lisdorf UP 205 cm Lisdorf OP 200 cm Saarbrücken UP 206 cm Saarbrücken OP 202 cm Westspange 201 cm Sankt Arnual 200 cm Güdingen UP 204 cm Güdingen OP 459 cm Hanweiler 235 cm
River km 30.9 · Standort Saarbrücken · map ↗
Reading a gauge
- The number is not the depth. It is measured from a fixed gauge zero, so the shipping channel holds more water than the reading suggests.
- Low means below the gauge's mean low water (MNW); high means above its mean high water (MHW). Flood warnings come from each German state's flood centre.
- On the Rhine, barges load by the Kaub gauge in the Middle Rhine gorge; as it falls they carry less and freight costs rise.
- Swimming in the Rhine is dangerous at any level: strong currents and ship wash pull swimmers under.
What this page shows, and what it misses
Gauges on Germany's federal waterways, as published by the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration every 15 minutes. These are raw readings ("Rohdaten") that can still be corrected. Small rivers run by the German states are not in this network — for those and for flood warnings, use your state's Hochwasserzentrale.
Data: Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes (WSV), PEGELONLINE, licence DL-DE→Zero-2.0.