Norway 
In numbers.
May–Jul
Best months
176m
Elevation
The water at Hjellefossen, month by month
It roars from May to June.
The fullest months: from May to June, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from November to March.
- 4%Jan
- 4%Feb
- 9%Mar
- 28%Apr
- 82%May
- 100%Jun
- 74%Jul
- 52%Aug
- 38%Sep
- 31%Oct
- 21%Nov
- 9%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to July.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Hjellefossen is a waterfall in Norway.
Getting there.
- Farnesnearest town · 5.7 km in a straight line
- Parking 350 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Ørsta-Volda Airport, Hovden (HOV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 133 km in a straight lineCar hire at HOV airport (Ørsta)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to Julybest 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 538 m in 2.1 km.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 8waymarked walking routesSignatur Omveien (Dag 16) and 7 more
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- 3picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 4information boards and visitor centres
- 1bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmAvdalsfossen, Hyljefossen, Kyrfoss
- —caves
- 2campsitesUtladalen Camping
- 4hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmVetti, Avdalen gard, Sitla Hotel & Apartments and 1 more
- —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).
Towns nearby
- Farnes5.7 km in a straight line
- Årdalstangen15 km in a straight line
- Luster25 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 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Night °C | -6 | -7 | -5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | -3 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 111 | 80 | 82 | 76 | 96 | 120 | 147 | 146 | 124 | 110 | 112 | 116 |
| Wet days | 22 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 |
| Sun h/day | 1.3 | 3.0 | 6.2 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 109 | 130 | 144 | 133 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 41 | 76 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (176 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 | 162% | 194% | 122% | 112% | 80% | 96% | 96% | 106% | 130% | 98% | 151% | 76% |
| 2021 | 55% | 69% | 95% | 76% | 72% | 108% | 100% | 75% | 102% | 163% | 103% | 72% |
| 2022 | 139% | 200% | 59% | 57% | 122% | 142% | 95% | 92% | 81% | 127% | 98% | 62% |
| 2023 | 114% | 130% | 114% | 101% | 78% | 64% | 134% | 208% | 127% | 95% | 57% | 99% |
| 2024 | 89% | 155% | 108% | 98% | 68% | 131% | 162% | 127% | 116% | 147% | 92% | 149% |
| 2025 | 80% | 62% | 167% | 76% | 84% | 127% | 79% | 103% | 108% | 106% | 106% | 91% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Hjellefossen
Norway
- —Height
- —Average flow
- May–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q11336540) · 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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