Denmark 
In numbers.
Aug–Nov
Best months
59m
Elevation
The water at Døndalen, month by month
It roars from October to March.
The fullest months: from October to March.
- 91%Jan
- 77%Feb
- 84%Mar
- 74%Apr
- 55%May
- 45%Jun
- 56%Jul
- 66%Aug
- 66%Sep
- 85%Oct
- 100%Nov
- 100%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from August to November.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Allingenearest town · 7.7 km in a straight line
- Parking 520 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Bornholm Airport (RNN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 19 km in a straight lineCar hire at MMX airport (Malmö)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From August 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 63 m in 1.2 km.
What is around.
- 2viewpoints
- 4waymarked walking routesDøndal, Olsker - Rutsker Højlyng, Rutsker Højlyng - Rø Plantage and 1 more
- 12car parks
- —swimming spots
- 4picnic sites
- 5toilets
- 5information boards and visitor centres
- 4bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmStorefos
- 2caves
- 13campsitesTejn Havn, Stammershalle, Sandkaas Familiecamping and 10 more
- 23hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHotel Allinge, Gudhjem Vandrerhjem, Gudhjem Hotel and 20 more
- 5restaurants 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
- Allinge7.7 km in a straight line
- Hasle12 km in a straight line
- Åkirkeby17 km in a straight line
- Rønne18 km in a straight line
- Svaneke19 km in a straight line
- Christiansø22 km in a straight line
- Nexø24 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 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
| Night °C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 69 | 52 | 48 | 35 | 45 | 54 | 76 | 77 | 63 | 75 | 72 | 71 |
| Wet days | 15 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
| Sun h/day | 0.3 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 12 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (59 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 | 130% | 157% | 87% | 41% | 69% | 80% | 69% | 57% | 80% | 105% | 49% | 102% |
| 2021 | 141% | 83% | 97% | 121% | 81% | 96% | 72% | 117% | 109% | 82% | 133% | 116% |
| 2022 | 85% | 211% | 5% | 140% | 96% | 78% | 67% | 47% | 109% | 49% | 54% | 125% |
| 2023 | 147% | 107% | 146% | 126% | 24% | 94% | 137% | 192% | 64% | 177% | 160% | 123% |
| 2024 | 147% | 191% | 231% | 236% | 41% | 108% | 156% | 67% | 104% | 92% | 88% | 72% |
| 2025 | 128% | 28% | 23% | 17% | 124% | 108% | 87% | 55% | 94% | 138% | 66% | 39% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Døndalen
Denmark
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Aug–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q5320402) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| 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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