Italy 
In numbers.
1.6m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr–Jul
Best months
1,153m
Elevation
The water at Fondo Waterfall, month by month
It roars from April to June.
The fullest months: from April to June.
- 0.7 m³/sJan
- 0.7 m³/sFeb
- 1.6 m³/sMar
- 3.0 m³/sApr
- 3.4 m³/sMay
- 2.7 m³/sJun
- 1.7 m³/sJul
- 1.3 m³/sAug
- 1.1 m³/sSep
- 1.2 m³/sOct
- 1.9 m³/sNov
- 1.3 m³/sDec
From about 0.68 m³/s in the lowest month to 3.4 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April 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.
Waterfall in Piedmont, Italy
Fondo Waterfall is a waterfall in Italy.
Getting there.
- Traversellanearest town · 6.0 km in a straight line
- Parking 580 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Turin Airport (TRN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 37 km in a straight lineCar hire at TRN airport (Caselle Torinese)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April 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 380 m in 2.0 km. Here the river runs about 57 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 12waymarked walking routesGTA: Le Capanne - Fondo, GTA: Le Fondo - Piamprato, Sentiero dei Mufloni and 9 more
- 3car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 13hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmAlbergo Ristorante Miniere, Rifugio Fornetto, Locanda Madonna della Neve and 10 more
- 1restaurants 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
- Traversella6.0 km in a straight line
- Vico Canavese8.8 km in a straight line
- Rueglio9.1 km in a straight line
- Hone10 km in a straight line
- Quincinetto11 km in a straight line
- Donnas11 km in a straight line
- Tavagnasco11 km in a straight line
- Pont-Saint-Martin12 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 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| Night °C | -6 | -6 | -2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 45 | 46 | 57 | 75 | 102 | 85 | 72 | 71 | 62 | 69 | 101 | 57 |
| Wet days | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 30 | 32 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,153 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 | 30% | 75% | 104% | 93% | 102% | 162% | 55% | 101% | 76% | 191% | 7% | 93% |
| 2021 | 198% | 62% | 30% | 61% | 77% | 94% | 157% | 55% | 98% | 80% | 74% | 73% |
| 2022 | 15% | 35% | 20% | 56% | 79% | 45% | 68% | 108% | 92% | 84% | 40% | 96% |
| 2023 | 49% | 21% | 87% | 75% | 175% | 195% | 78% | 191% | 101% | 151% | 85% | 101% |
| 2024 | 98% | 252% | 337% | 88% | 230% | 139% | 106% | 54% | 218% | 260% | 18% | 35% |
| 2025 | 117% | 45% | 154% | 206% | 117% | 84% | 215% | 145% | 173% | 54% | 30% | 118% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Fondo Waterfall
Italy
- —Height
- 1.6 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q139600970) · 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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