Italy 
In numbers.
0.36m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–Apr
Oct–Nov
Best months
598m
Elevation
The water at Cascate del Perino, month by month
It roars from November to December.
The fullest months: from November to December. The thinnest: from July to August.
- 0.4 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.4 m³/sMar
- 0.4 m³/sApr
- 0.3 m³/sMay
- 0.2 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.2 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.6 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.13 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.60 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.
Waterfalls in Italy
Cascate del Perino is a waterfall in Italy.
Getting there.
- Farininearest town · 6.0 km in a straight line
- Parking 920 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Parma Airport (PMF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 63 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 180 m in 2.2 km. Here the river runs about 216 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 8waymarked walking routesRaccordo and 7 more
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmCascata del Perino n. 2
- —caves
- 1campsitesCamping Le Rossane
- 3hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmAlbergo dei Cacciatori, Il Gruccione - Locanda del Tempo Ritrovato, Casa delle Api
- —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
- Farini6.0 km in a straight line
- Coli7.4 km in a straight line
- Bettola8.7 km in a straight line
- San Giovanni-San Bernardino9.5 km in a straight line
- Bobbio10 km in a straight line
- Marsaglia11 km in a straight line
- Ferriere11 km in a straight line
- Travo13 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 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 7 |
| Night °C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 58 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 47 | 36 | 47 | 61 | 97 | 131 | 75 |
| Wet days | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | 3.3 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 8.3 | 10.1 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 9 | 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 (598 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 | 63% | 23% | 105% | 49% | 85% | 186% | 86% | 189% | 82% | 134% | 16% | 263% |
| 2021 | 217% | 63% | 8% | 90% | 117% | 34% | 115% | 38% | 118% | 83% | 118% | 85% |
| 2022 | 46% | 43% | 27% | 61% | 62% | 49% | 109% | 134% | 122% | 12% | 66% | 129% |
| 2023 | 101% | 18% | 38% | 54% | 126% | 120% | 127% | 117% | 62% | 110% | 62% | 64% |
| 2024 | 149% | 226% | 184% | 98% | 593% | 333% | 102% | 61% | 168% | 171% | 8% | 44% |
| 2025 | 136% | 102% | 271% | 437% | 86% | 28% | 237% | 585% | 222% | 266% | 284% | 359% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Cascate del Perino
Italy
- —Height
- 0.36 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–Apr, Oct–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q97369764) · 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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