Staying Home Sucks, home
View of Metlika old town above the former bed of Bojica 01
Metlika, the nearest town, 9 km away. Photo: Ajznponar, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Kupa / Kolpa

Kayak spot · Croatia

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

83Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Thu 5: Wind 3 kn gusting 10, Air 10 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 78 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
7°C
Rain
5 mm

Tue 3 · 80 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
3kn
Air
7°C
Rain
3.8 mm

Wed 4 · 83 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0.8 mm

Thu 5 · 85 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
10°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 84 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
10°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 82 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 81 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0.9 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 180, good
  2. Mon 278, good
  3. Tue 380, good
  4. Wed 483, good
  5. Thu 585, good
  6. Fri 684, good
  7. Sat 782, good
  8. Sun 881, good
  9. Mon 988, good
  10. Tue 1087, good

The spot in one fact

  • Flat waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Kupa / Kolpa
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov80, good6 kn14kn9°C4.9 mm
Mon 2Nov78, good4 kn9kn7°C5 mm
Tue 3Nov80, good2 kn3kn7°C3.8 mm
Wed 4Nov83, good3 kn9kn9°C0.8 mm
Thu 5Nov85, good3 kn10kn10°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov84, good3 kn9kn10°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov82, good3 kn9kn9°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov81, good1 kn5kn8°C0.9 mm
Mon 9Nov88, good2 kn8kn13°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov87, good1 kn6kn12°C2.7 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

The map needs JavaScript. Every place on it is listed on this page, and each place's page links to Google Maps.

One finger scrolls the page; two fingers move the map. Pins are our own positions. Map OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Kupa / Kolpa

A launch on the Kupa / Kolpa. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map. The town to stay in is Metlika.

  • River Kupa / Kolpa
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access No source states the access rules: check locally.
  • Schools, hire No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,250–US$2,360 each

about US$1,250–US$2,360 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to ZAG, estimated from distance and season, changing at FRA, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$523–US$1,090
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$107–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$255–US$422
Food7 days eating outabout US$241–US$449
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$121–US$228
Totalabout US$1,250–US$2,360

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Metlika

Closest

Metlika

16 min by car · 3 places to stay

about US$94/nightcountry average

See 3 places to stay in Metlika · Booking.com

About Metlika its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$94 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 18h 50m

About 18h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → ZAG, changing at Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), then 1h 25m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

No paddling school, club or hire mapped within 50 km.

Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits