Norway 
In numbers.
7.2m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Jul
Best months
244m
Elevation
The water at Espelandsfossen, month by month
It roars from May to June.
The fullest months: from May to June, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from February to March.
- 4.4 m³/sJan
- 2.6 m³/sFeb
- 3.0 m³/sMar
- 6.7 m³/sApr
- 15 m³/sMay
- 19 m³/sJun
- 14 m³/sJul
- 9.3 m³/sAug
- 8.5 m³/sSep
- 8.8 m³/sOct
- 8.1 m³/sNov
- 6.3 m³/sDec
From about 2.6 m³/s in the lowest month to 19 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to July.
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.
Getting there.
- Oddanearest town · 14 km in a straight line
- Parking 290 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 71 km in a straight lineCar hire at SRP airport (Leirvik)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to Julybest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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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 229 m in 0.9 km. Here the river runs about 120 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 3viewpointsGrønnsdalsfossen
- 1waymarked walking routes
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 3information boards and visitor centres
- 6bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 kmLåtefossen
- —caves
- 1campsitesHildal Camping
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —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
- Odda14 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 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Night °C | -5 | -6 | -4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | -1 | -4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 237 | 164 | 161 | 125 | 128 | 153 | 181 | 188 | 210 | 214 | 226 | 249 |
| Wet days | 23 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| Sun h/day | 0.3 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 141 | 179 | 203 | 182 | 101 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 42 | 89 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (244 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 | 169% | 227% | 127% | 116% | 91% | 81% | 139% | 72% | 114% | 88% | 149% | 66% |
| 2021 | 44% | 76% | 123% | 84% | 55% | 105% | 92% | 44% | 68% | 150% | 99% | 61% |
| 2022 | 137% | 201% | 42% | 50% | 133% | 112% | 98% | 92% | 54% | 134% | 89% | 72% |
| 2023 | 104% | 140% | 94% | 67% | 83% | 63% | 138% | 126% | 121% | 94% | 43% | 96% |
| 2024 | 96% | 165% | 97% | 123% | 70% | 104% | 107% | 148% | 79% | 114% | 74% | 143% |
| 2025 | 70% | 62% | 142% | 68% | 88% | 133% | 78% | 129% | 101% | 89% | 96% | 90% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Espelandsfossen
Norway
- —Height
- 7.2 m³/sAverage flow
- May–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q5398792) · 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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