Norway 
In numbers.
Jun–Jul
Best months
399m
Elevation
The water at Døntefossen, month by month
It roars in June.
The fullest months: June, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from December to March. Below −4 °C on average (from January to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 21%Jan
- 20%Feb
- 24%Mar
- 35%Apr
- 74%May
- 100%Jun
- 73%Jul
- 50%Aug
- 42%Sep
- 33%Oct
- 28%Nov
- 24%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to July.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Døntefossen is a waterfall in Norway.
Getting there.
- Åndalsnesnearest town · 25 km in a straight line
- Molde Airport, Årø (MOL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 54 km in a straight lineCar hire at MOL airport (Årø)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Julybest months to go (estimate)
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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 904 m in 1.7 km. Here the river runs about 133 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmKjerkjefossen, Gravdefossen, Brurasløret
- —caves
- —campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmMongevassbu
- —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
- Åndalsnes25 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 | -2 | -1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | -1 |
| Night °C | -7 | -8 | -6 | -2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | -4 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 184 | 152 | 151 | 113 | 108 | 144 | 159 | 166 | 165 | 136 | 168 | 189 |
| Wet days | 19 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 20 |
| Sun h/day | 0.7 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 126 | 155 | 175 | 164 | 94 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 46 | 86 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (399 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 | 128% | 155% | 92% | 195% | 181% | 46% | 109% | 103% | 97% | 77% | 117% | 35% |
| 2021 | 49% | 34% | 137% | 224% | 43% | 88% | 76% | 129% | 105% | 191% | 122% | 100% |
| 2022 | 218% | 129% | 78% | 151% | 123% | 118% | 144% | 88% | 119% | 98% | 27% | 62% |
| 2023 | 80% | 139% | 109% | 77% | 117% | 57% | 120% | 176% | 92% | 161% | 66% | 81% |
| 2024 | 91% | 92% | 39% | 79% | 45% | 102% | 131% | 88% | 83% | 149% | 146% | 132% |
| 2025 | 83% | 43% | 167% | 106% | 129% | 149% | 57% | 128% | 72% | 126% | 140% | 67% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Døntefossen
Norway
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q3813671) · 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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