Norway 
In numbers.
May–Jul
Sep
Best months
471m
Elevation
The water at Gjerdefossen, month by month
It roars from May to July.
The fullest months: from May to July, with the snowmelt. Below −4 °C on average (from January to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 49%Jan
- 42%Feb
- 41%Mar
- 57%Apr
- 79%May
- 100%Jun
- 89%Jul
- 68%Aug
- 67%Sep
- 58%Oct
- 52%Nov
- 53%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to July and September.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Gjerdefossen is a waterfall in Norway.
Getting there.
- Strandanearest town · 23 km in a straight line
- Parking 560 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Ørsta-Volda Airport, Hovden (HOV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 57 km in a straight lineCar hire at HOV airport (Ørsta)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to July and Septemberbest 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 1,201 m in 2.3 km.
What is around.
- 12viewpointsØrnesvingen, Korsmyra, Skageflå and 9 more
- —waymarked walking routes
- 9car parks
- —swimming spots
- 3picnic sites
- 3toilets
- 3information boards and visitor centres
- 2bus stops within 1 km
- 6other named waterfalls within 4 kmStorfossen, Geitfossen, Storgjølet and 3 more
- —caves
- 5campsitesVinje Camping, Geirangerfjorden Feriesenter, Grande Hytteutleige og Camping and 2 more
- 20hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmFossen Camping, Homlong Camping Hytter, Hole Hytteutleige and 17 more
- 4restaurants 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
- Stranda23 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 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | -2 |
| Night °C | -7 | -8 | -6 | -2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | -4 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 232 | 185 | 184 | 134 | 130 | 145 | 165 | 185 | 224 | 189 | 221 | 253 |
| Wet days | 23 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 |
| Sun h/day | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 119 | 146 | 167 | 146 | 99 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 46 | 83 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (471 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 | 182% | 174% | 114% | 166% | 156% | 58% | 110% | 109% | 136% | 61% | 154% | 34% |
| 2021 | 51% | 49% | 115% | 148% | 48% | 99% | 64% | 70% | 91% | 188% | 112% | 76% |
| 2022 | 203% | 173% | 62% | 95% | 130% | 120% | 127% | 106% | 59% | 122% | 51% | 54% |
| 2023 | 99% | 143% | 90% | 67% | 116% | 49% | 145% | 134% | 107% | 130% | 52% | 95% |
| 2024 | 94% | 115% | 50% | 92% | 56% | 111% | 120% | 134% | 77% | 168% | 124% | 134% |
| 2025 | 90% | 42% | 207% | 102% | 96% | 151% | 60% | 127% | 59% | 107% | 120% | 65% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Gjerdefossen
Norway
- —Height
- —Average flow
- May–Jul, SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q11336555) · 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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