Iceland 
In numbers.
Jun–Sep
Best months
79m
Elevation
The water at Gljúfursárfoss, month by month
It roars from October to June.
It carries water fairly evenly through the year.
- 93%Jan
- 82%Feb
- 77%Mar
- 89%Apr
- 100%May
- 82%Jun
- 70%Jul
- 68%Aug
- 73%Sep
- 89%Oct
- 96%Nov
- 96%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Gljúfursárfoss is a waterfall in Iceland.
Getting there.
- Parking 110 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Vopnafjörður Airport (VPN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 9 km in a straight lineCar hire at EGS airport (Egilsstaðir)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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 2017 (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 198 m in 2.2 km.
What is around.
- 1viewpointsGljufurarfoss
- —waymarked walking routes
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- —toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmSyðri-Vik
- —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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Night °C | -4 | -4 | -4 | -2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | -2 | -4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 120 | 98 | 106 | 91 | 98 | 79 | 108 | 112 | 118 | 146 | 139 | 133 |
| Wet days | 18 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
| Sun h/day | 0.4 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 37 | 40 | 43 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 30 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (79 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 | 88% | 153% | 115% | 85% | 40% | 72% | 85% | 40% | 123% | 154% | 84% | 219% |
| 2021 | 126% | 107% | 111% | 36% | 91% | 101% | 46% | 33% | 118% | 172% | 82% | 51% |
| 2022 | 43% | 120% | 45% | 87% | 137% | 168% | 106% | 79% | 78% | 106% | 200% | 89% |
| 2023 | 120% | 71% | 110% | 72% | 40% | 98% | 107% | 39% | 169% | 108% | 96% | 51% |
| 2024 | 67% | 86% | 163% | 117% | 53% | 134% | 58% | 160% | 82% | 61% | 55% | 39% |
| 2025 | 130% | 66% | 50% | 106% | 61% | 246% | 63% | 66% | 121% | 60% | 57% | 98% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Gljúfursárfoss
Iceland
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q2379050) · 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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