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Cascate del Varone

A 100 m drop.

When to go

Cascata Varone - gorge
H. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers.

100m

Height

0.68m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Apr–Jun
Nov

Best months

664kW

Water power

estimate

The water at Cascate del Varone, month by month

It roars from April to June and from October to November.

The fullest months: from April to June and from October to November.

  1. 0.4 m³/sJan
  2. 0.4 m³/sFeb
  3. 0.7 m³/sMar
  4. 0.9 m³/sApr
  5. 1.1 m³/sMay
  6. 1.0 m³/sJun
  7. 0.8 m³/sJul
  8. 0.8 m³/sAug
  9. 0.8 m³/sSep
  10. 0.9 m³/sOct
  11. 1.0 m³/sNov
  12. 0.6 m³/sDec
high water best months to go

From about 0.38 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.1 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and 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.

Waterfall park in Riva del Garda, Italy

Cascate del Varone is a waterfall in Italy. The water falls 100 m.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there.

  • Tennonearest town · 0.9 km in a straight line
  • Parking 120 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 58 km in a straight lineCar hire at VRN airport (Caselle)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • From April to June and Novemberbest months to go (estimate)

Plan your visit

Stay, explore and get there

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How big is it?

How big it really is.

100 mCascatedel Varone1.8 ma person93 mStatue ofLiberty96 mBig Ben139 mGreat Pyramid

Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.

664 kW

About 0.68 m³/s falling 100 m: the power of the water as it drops.

  • enough to power about 166 homes, if it were all turned into electricity

Power of falling water = density × gravity × flow × height. Average flow and height as shown above; an estimate.

Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Cascate del Varone seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Torrente Magnone through the falls
250 m300 m350 m400 mCascate del Varone-1.5 km-1 km-0.5 km0← upstreamdownstream →

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 146 m in 1.8 km.

What is around.

  • 7viewpoints
  • 13waymarked walking routesSentiero Piazzole, Sentér dei Crazidei, Sentiero delle Laste basse - Berghem "Claudio Fedrizzi" and 10 more
  • 475car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • 25picnic sites
  • 5toilets
  • 13information boards and visitor centres
  • 19bus stops within 1 km
  • 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmCascata dell'Ert
  • 1caves
  • 27campsitesVerdepiano Bed & Camping, Agrisalus agricampeggio ad Arco, Arco Lido and 24 more
  • 365hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmCentrale, Hotel Europa, Hotel Portici and 362 more
  • 93restaurants 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

  • Tenno0.9 km in a straight line
  • Riva del Garda2.9 km in a straight line
  • Arco4.1 km in a straight line
  • Bolognano-Vignole5.5 km in a straight line
  • Nago-Torbole5.9 km in a straight line
  • Molina di Ledro6.5 km in a straight line
  • Dro8.2 km in a straight line
  • Pieve di Ledro8.4 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C781217212628282419128
Night °C-104913182019151161
Rain & snow (mm)455260851141061021169410611964
Wet days87813171717161212119
Sun h/day4.55.66.66.16.17.48.07.26.35.13.63.7
Snow on the ground (cm)24251693000251321

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (245 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Cascata del Varone (roccia)
Airon90 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cascata Varone IMG 0128
Auge=mit · CC BY-SA 4.0
Parco Grotta Cascata Varone 22
Bultro · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202040%29%130%48%90%155%105%178%101%193%9%287%
2021225%86%26%83%111%56%153%85%98%68%119%50%
202240%66%15%78%72%79%92%92%246%58%64%96%
202393%10%64%86%173%115%157%111%61%193%90%136%
2024331%228%209%112%212%298%109%52%199%212%8%56%
2025223%70%167%96%119%66%159%150%184%61%84%63%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Cascate del Varone

Italy

  • 100 mHeight
  • 0.68 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–Jun, NovBest months

Cascate Nardis

Italy

  • 130 mHeight
  • 4.0 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–Jun, NovBest months

See the guide

Ampola waterfall

Italy

  • 12 mHeight
  • 0.17 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–Jun, NovBest months

See the guide

Sardagna waterfall

Italy

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • May–Jun, Oct–NovBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q3661554) · CC0
River flow and catchmentHydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX 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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