Italy 
In numbers.
0.18m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–Apr
Oct–Nov
Best months
448m
Elevation
The water at Cascata del Serpente, month by month
It roars from November to December.
The fullest months: from November to December. The thinnest: from June to September.
- 0.2 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.2 m³/sMar
- 0.2 m³/sApr
- 0.1 m³/sMay
- 0.1 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.2 m³/sOct
- 0.3 m³/sNov
- 0.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.06 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.28 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to April and from October to November.
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.
- Masonenearest town · 1.4 km in a straight line
- Parking 810 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 15 km in a straight lineCar hire at GOA airport (Genova)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to April and from October to Novemberbest 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 114 m in 2.6 km. Here the river runs about 74 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 18waymarked walking routesPasso del Faiallo - Passo del Turchino, Masone - Piani di Praglia - Laghi del Gorzente, Masone-Bric Geremia and 15 more
- 22car parks
- —swimming spots
- 4picnic sites
- —toilets
- 6information boards and visitor centres
- 5bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsitesArea Camper Agriturismo Gli Orti di Bertin
- 9hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmRifugio Forte Geremia, Hotel Ristorante Bar Turchino, Nonno Toni and 6 more
- 10restaurants 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
- Masone1.4 km in a straight line
- Campo Ligure4.3 km in a straight line
- Mele6.9 km in a straight line
- Tiglieto7.1 km in a straight line
- Casavecchia7.2 km in a straight line
- Rossiglione7.7 km in a straight line
- Urbe9.3 km in a straight line
- Arenzano10 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 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 8 |
| Night °C | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 56 | 60 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 47 | 34 | 49 | 61 | 97 | 145 | 79 |
| Wet days | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 |
| Sun h/day | 3.5 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 8.3 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (448 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 | 63% | 18% | 107% | 57% | 91% | 239% | 80% | 174% | 103% | 149% | 13% | 237% |
| 2021 | 267% | 72% | 10% | 96% | 126% | 39% | 103% | 30% | 129% | 111% | 113% | 71% |
| 2022 | 40% | 35% | 25% | 54% | 56% | 43% | 130% | 117% | 163% | 19% | 54% | 129% |
| 2023 | 85% | 16% | 31% | 56% | 140% | 128% | 149% | 166% | 105% | 108% | 53% | 68% |
| 2024 | 111% | 268% | 232% | 93% | 478% | 239% | 118% | 68% | 169% | 160% | 5% | 26% |
| 2025 | 169% | 109% | 381% | 317% | 85% | 33% | 255% | 412% | 159% | 90% | 106% | 227% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Cascata del Serpente
Italy
- —Height
- 0.18 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–Apr, Oct–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q23409550) · 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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