Spain 
In numbers.
0.59m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Jul
Oct
Best months
2,028m
Elevation
The water at Aigualluts, month by month
It roars from March to May.
The fullest months: from March to May. Below −4 °C on average (from January to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.7 m³/sJan
- 0.6 m³/sFeb
- 0.8 m³/sMar
- 1.0 m³/sApr
- 1.1 m³/sMay
- 0.7 m³/sJun
- 0.3 m³/sJul
- 0.2 m³/sAug
- 0.3 m³/sSep
- 0.5 m³/sOct
- 0.6 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.16 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.1 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to July and October.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Vielhanearest town · 11 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,880 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Pirineus - la Seu d'Urgel Airport (LEU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 71 km in a straight lineCar hire at LDE airport (Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to July and Octoberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 212 m in 2.1 km. Here the river runs about 204 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 7waymarked walking routesÉtape 21, Étape 22, Variante 20.1 and 4 more
- 3car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 2toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmSaut de Pomèro
- 3caves
- 1campsites
- 6hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHotel Llanos del Hospital, Hospice de France, Refugi dera Artiga de Lin and 3 more
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Vielha11 km in a straight line
- Benasque14 km in a straight line
- Bagnères-de-Luchon15 km in a straight line
- Les16 km in a straight line
- Sahún19 km in a straight line
- Sesué20 km in a straight line
- Villanova21 km in a straight line
- Castejón de Sos22 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| Night °C | -8 | -8 | -6 | -3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | -5 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 60 | 48 | 58 | 72 | 76 | 51 | 42 | 42 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 50 |
| Wet days | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 4.5 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 9.5 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (2,028 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 119% | 36% | 146% | 150% | 115% | 181% | 96% | 84% | 138% | 178% | 80% | 212% |
| 2021 | 116% | 71% | 23% | 71% | 54% | 133% | 78% | 50% | 132% | 70% | 96% | 88% |
| 2022 | 32% | 34% | 107% | 86% | 44% | 80% | 88% | 112% | 118% | 83% | 85% | 90% |
| 2023 | 92% | 60% | 31% | 36% | 85% | 210% | 66% | 73% | 67% | 83% | 90% | 76% |
| 2024 | 52% | 128% | 159% | 80% | 92% | 138% | 91% | 80% | 212% | 168% | 32% | 42% |
| 2025 | 53% | 34% | 211% | 87% | 57% | 55% | 89% | 139% | 125% | 36% | 83% | 72% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Aigualluts
Spain
- —Height
- 0.59 m³/sAverage flow
- May–Jul, OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1397638) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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