France 
In numbers.
2.9m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Oct–Jan
Best months
455m
Elevation
The water at Cascade de Courmes, month by month
It roars from November to December.
The fullest months: from November to December. The thinnest: from June to September.
- 3.2 m³/sJan
- 2.6 m³/sFeb
- 2.6 m³/sMar
- 2.4 m³/sApr
- 2.0 m³/sMay
- 1.3 m³/sJun
- 0.9 m³/sJul
- 0.8 m³/sAug
- 1.3 m³/sSep
- 2.8 m³/sOct
- 4.7 m³/sNov
- 4.3 m³/sDec
From about 0.78 m³/s in the lowest month to 4.7 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from October to January.
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.
Waterfall in France
Cascade de Courmes is a waterfall in France.
Getting there.
- Le Bar-sur-Loupnearest town · 4.9 km in a straight line
- Parking 290 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 20 km in a straight lineCar hire at NCE airport (Nice, Alpes-Maritimes)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From October to Januarybest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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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 392 m in 1.9 km.
What is around.
- 11viewpoints
- 6waymarked walking routesPic de Courmettes, Plateau de Saint-Barnabé, Traversée de l'Estéron - Etape 1 and 3 more
- 9car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 2information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmSaut du Loup
- 5caves
- 6campsitesCamping la Camassade, Domaine St Gilles, Le Castellas and 3 more
- 19hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmGites communaux, Sophie Colardelle, Guilhem Arziari and 16 more
- 9restaurants 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
- Le Bar-sur-Loup4.9 km in a straight line
- Tourrettes-sur-Loup5.5 km in a straight line
- Le Rouret7.1 km in a straight line
- Opio8.3 km in a straight line
- Châteauneuf-Grasse8.5 km in a straight line
- Vence9.2 km in a straight line
- La Colle-sur-Loup10 km in a straight line
- Saint-Paul-de-Vence10 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 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 10 |
| Night °C | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 58 | 54 | 62 | 56 | 52 | 29 | 14 | 20 | 50 | 98 | 126 | 84 |
| Wet days | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| Sun h/day | 4.5 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (455 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 | 52% | 13% | 120% | 92% | 176% | 247% | 67% | 149% | 85% | 100% | 25% | 107% |
| 2021 | 152% | 51% | 7% | 101% | 130% | 56% | 126% | 63% | 87% | 103% | 55% | 65% |
| 2022 | 4% | 54% | 35% | 61% | 37% | 67% | 91% | 307% | 99% | 25% | 61% | 180% |
| 2023 | 49% | 22% | 16% | 38% | 114% | 184% | 95% | 192% | 123% | 90% | 40% | 82% |
| 2024 | 96% | 271% | 348% | 95% | 154% | 160% | 63% | 60% | 204% | 208% | 23% | 8% |
| 2025 | 99% | 50% | 130% | 110% | 39% | 41% | 102% | 155% | 50% | 29% | 35% | 77% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Cascade de Courmes
France
- —Height
- 2.9 m³/sAverage flow
- Oct–JanBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q33026778) · 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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