Norway 
In numbers.
0.52m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May
Sep–Oct
Best months
117m
Elevation
The water at Brudesløret, month by month
It roars from October to March.
The fullest months: from October to March.
- 0.7 m³/sJan
- 0.6 m³/sFeb
- 0.6 m³/sMar
- 0.5 m³/sApr
- 0.3 m³/sMay
- 0.3 m³/sJun
- 0.3 m³/sJul
- 0.3 m³/sAug
- 0.5 m³/sSep
- 0.6 m³/sOct
- 0.7 m³/sNov
- 0.7 m³/sDec
From about 0.28 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.71 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: May and from September to 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.
- Svelgennearest town · 14 km in a straight line
- Florø Airport (FRO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 15 km in a straight lineCar hire at FRO airport (Florø)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- May and from September to Octoberbest months to go (estimate)
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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 326 m in 1.6 km. Here the river runs about 54 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 3waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- 3picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —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
- Svelgen14 km in a straight line
- Florø14 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 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Night °C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 240 | 193 | 185 | 130 | 117 | 114 | 141 | 175 | 240 | 229 | 247 | 265 |
| Wet days | 23 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 23 |
| Sun h/day | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 14 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (117 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
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 | 186% | 167% | 161% | 130% | 113% | 55% | 130% | 86% | 153% | 63% | 142% | 61% |
| 2021 | 55% | 58% | 103% | 86% | 49% | 126% | 63% | 30% | 76% | 183% | 93% | 54% |
| 2022 | 176% | 150% | 38% | 38% | 152% | 137% | 129% | 125% | 45% | 110% | 61% | 59% |
| 2023 | 120% | 114% | 95% | 48% | 109% | 46% | 126% | 123% | 108% | 93% | 37% | 89% |
| 2024 | 104% | 123% | 69% | 101% | 61% | 149% | 93% | 170% | 56% | 182% | 100% | 134% |
| 2025 | 95% | 66% | 204% | 102% | 78% | 168% | 53% | 98% | 62% | 87% | 113% | 82% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Brudesløret
Norway
- —Height
- 0.52 m³/sAverage flow
- May, Sep–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q11336544) · 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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