Norway 
In numbers.
0.39m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Aug
Best months
634m
Elevation
The water at Grinddalsfossen, month by month
It roars from June to July.
The fullest months: from June to July, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from November to April. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.1 m³/sMar
- 0.2 m³/sApr
- 0.6 m³/sMay
- 1.2 m³/sJun
- 1.1 m³/sJul
- 0.7 m³/sAug
- 0.5 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.2 m³/sNov
- 0.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.07 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.2 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to August.
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.
Grinddalsfossen is a waterfall in Norway.
Getting there.
- Parking 740 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Ørsta-Volda Airport, Hovden (HOV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 61 km in a straight lineCar hire at HOV airport (Ørsta)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Augustbest 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 765 m in 2.4 km. Here the river runs about 70 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 13viewpointsFlydalsjuvet, Vesteråsfjellet, Storsæterfossen and 10 more
- 3waymarked walking routes
- 23car parks
- —swimming spots
- 13picnic sites
- 11toilets
- 11information boards and visitor centres
- 7bus stops within 1 km
- 5other named waterfalls within 4 kmKvanndalsfossen, Storfossen, Storgjølet and 2 more
- 1caves
- 6campsitesDalen Gaard Camping & Hytter, Vinje Camping, Geirangerfjorden Feriesenter and 3 more
- 20hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmFossen Camping, Homlong Camping Hytter, Hole Hytteutleige and 17 more
- 7restaurants 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 | -3 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | -2 |
| Night °C | -8 | -9 | -8 | -4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | -1 | -5 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 244 | 189 | 196 | 145 | 133 | 145 | 177 | 196 | 232 | 203 | 236 | 264 |
| Wet days | 24 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 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) | 210 | 253 | 288 | 290 | 216 | 76 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 80 | 148 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (634 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 | 187% | 183% | 116% | 157% | 147% | 49% | 100% | 115% | 135% | 64% | 156% | 42% |
| 2021 | 45% | 53% | 118% | 131% | 51% | 115% | 64% | 80% | 95% | 190% | 111% | 82% |
| 2022 | 195% | 179% | 70% | 88% | 139% | 130% | 130% | 112% | 56% | 127% | 59% | 58% |
| 2023 | 98% | 141% | 90% | 56% | 120% | 57% | 127% | 138% | 117% | 123% | 48% | 90% |
| 2024 | 89% | 120% | 56% | 94% | 55% | 122% | 122% | 139% | 81% | 159% | 120% | 140% |
| 2025 | 89% | 55% | 196% | 94% | 106% | 166% | 53% | 128% | 62% | 105% | 122% | 76% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Grinddalsfossen
Norway
- —Height
- 0.39 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q11972658) · 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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