Italy 
In numbers.
Apr–Jun
Nov
Best months
197m
Elevation
The water at Fiumelatte, 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.
- 49%Jan
- 50%Feb
- 63%Mar
- 77%Apr
- 97%May
- 86%Jun
- 68%Jul
- 69%Aug
- 66%Sep
- 76%Oct
- 100%Nov
- 71%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and 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.
- Varennanearest town · 1.2 km in a straight line
- Parking 120 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Lugano Airport (LUG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 29 km in a straight lineCar hire at BGY airport (Orio al Serio)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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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 115 m in 0.2 km.
What is around.
- 16viewpointsHotel Eremo Gaudio, Baluardo, Castello di Vezio and 13 more
- 6waymarked walking routesGreenway Dei Patriarchi, Sentiero del Viandante (Lierna - Perledo) (variante bassa), CamminaForeste - Tappa 7E and 3 more
- 34car parks
- —swimming spots
- 4picnic sites
- 4toilets
- 14information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 3campsitesCamping Europa, Luxury Lodge, San Pietro
- 123hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHotel Belvedere, Grand Hotel Victoria, Hotel Garni Corona and 120 more
- 82restaurants 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
- Varenna1.2 km in a straight line
- Perledo1.6 km in a straight line
- Bellagio2.8 km in a straight line
- Esino Lario3.4 km in a straight line
- Griante4.4 km in a straight line
- Cadenabbia4.5 km in a straight line
- Menaggio4.6 km in a straight line
- Lierna4.9 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 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 8 |
| Night °C | -1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 57 | 63 | 72 | 105 | 140 | 123 | 111 | 130 | 105 | 116 | 149 | 78 |
| Wet days | 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | 4.2 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 21 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (197 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 | 36% | 30% | 125% | 58% | 89% | 168% | 79% | 130% | 105% | 200% | 5% | 224% |
| 2021 | 209% | 91% | 20% | 78% | 92% | 48% | 187% | 81% | 95% | 78% | 96% | 43% |
| 2022 | 30% | 55% | 19% | 61% | 73% | 88% | 82% | 76% | 106% | 83% | 53% | 80% |
| 2023 | 56% | 12% | 70% | 91% | 137% | 87% | 122% | 126% | 99% | 173% | 75% | 124% |
| 2024 | 111% | 269% | 282% | 98% | 200% | 210% | 119% | 41% | 205% | 209% | 12% | 39% |
| 2025 | 236% | 64% | 163% | 105% | 129% | 83% | 184% | 154% | 197% | 59% | 63% | 52% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Fiumelatte
Italy
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr–Jun, NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q3746246) · 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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