Italy 
In numbers.
35m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Nov–Feb
Best months
326m
Elevation
The water at Cascata delle Marmore, month by month
It roars from November to March.
The fullest months: from November to March. The thinnest: from July to August.
- 52 m³/sJan
- 53 m³/sFeb
- 50 m³/sMar
- 40 m³/sApr
- 32 m³/sMay
- 21 m³/sJun
- 13 m³/sJul
- 11 m³/sAug
- 24 m³/sSep
- 38 m³/sOct
- 64 m³/sNov
- 65 m³/sDec
From about 11 m³/s in the lowest month to 65 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from November to February.
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 Umbria, Italy; tallest man-made waterfall in the world
Cascata delle Marmore is a waterfall in Italy.
Getting there.
- Arronenearest town · 5.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 190 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport (PEG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 63 km in a straight lineCar hire at PEG airport (Perugia)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From November to Februarybest 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 156 m in 1.4 km. Here the river runs about 60 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 8viewpointsBelvedere Superiore - Torretta la Specola, Balcone degli innamorati, Belvedere Inferiore and 5 more
- 10waymarked walking routesVia di Francesco/Via del SUD - Tappa 6C, Via di Francesco/Via del SUD - Tappa 8, Via di Francesco - Tappa 15A and 7 more
- 19car parks
- —swimming spots
- 4picnic sites
- 5toilets
- 4information boards and visitor centres
- 2bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmMarmore terzo salto
- 45caves
- 5campsitesCamping Le Marmore, Area camper Stroncone, AgriCampeggio Valnerina River and 2 more
- 20hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmMillennium, Hotel Valentino, Residence Diamanterosso and 17 more
- 15restaurants 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
- Arrone5.5 km in a straight line
- Terni6.0 km in a straight line
- Montefranco6.6 km in a straight line
- Stroncone7.0 km in a straight line
- Labro7.5 km in a straight line
- Colli sul Velino8.0 km in a straight line
- Ferentillo9.7 km in a straight line
- Limiti di Greccio12 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 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 11 |
| Night °C | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 65 | 80 | 67 | 57 | 64 | 41 | 31 | 33 | 71 | 78 | 111 | 86 |
| Wet days | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 3.7 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 10.7 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (326 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 | 28% | 29% | 137% | 123% | 80% | 207% | 44% | 132% | 145% | 138% | 49% | 268% |
| 2021 | 303% | 90% | 73% | 127% | 76% | 75% | 64% | 45% | 18% | 55% | 126% | 158% |
| 2022 | 155% | 53% | 60% | 64% | 29% | 9% | 41% | 110% | 148% | 20% | 92% | 97% |
| 2023 | 86% | 62% | 67% | 70% | 144% | 115% | 52% | 145% | 45% | 61% | 210% | 70% |
| 2024 | 80% | 125% | 155% | 35% | 105% | 56% | 56% | 149% | 114% | 158% | 31% | 83% |
| 2025 | 88% | 136% | 188% | 160% | 110% | 32% | 91% | 94% | 81% | 28% | 55% | 44% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Cascata delle Marmore
Italy
- —Height
- 35 m³/sAverage flow
- Nov–FebBest months
Riserva naturale guidata Cascate del Verde
Italy
- 200 mHeight
- —Average flow
- Mar–Apr, Oct–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q38580) · 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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