Norway 
In numbers.
0.18m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Aug
Best months
183m
Elevation
The water at Hunderfossen, month by month
It roars from May to June.
The fullest months: from May to June, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from January to February. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.0 m³/sFeb
- 0.1 m³/sMar
- 0.4 m³/sApr
- 0.5 m³/sMay
- 0.4 m³/sJun
- 0.3 m³/sJul
- 0.3 m³/sAug
- 0.3 m³/sSep
- 0.2 m³/sOct
- 0.2 m³/sNov
- 0.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.04 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.52 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May 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.
Getting there.
- Segalstad brunearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,280 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 120 km in a straight lineCar hire at OSL airport (Oslo)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May 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 3 m in 0.5 km. Here the river runs about 58 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 6viewpointsHaugakampen and 5 more
- 2waymarked walking routesGudbrandsdalsleden (Lillehammer-Dovre), Panoramastien
- 71car parks
- —swimming spots
- 72picnic sites
- 15toilets
- 3information boards and visitor centres
- 10bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 5campsitesHunderfossen Camping, Langvik Camping, Odden Camping and 2 more
- 17hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHunderfossen Hotell & Resort, Hunderfossen Turistsenter Cabins, Ilsetra and 14 more
- 10restaurants 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
- Segalstad bru12 km in a straight line
- Lillehammer12 km in a straight line
- Tretten12 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 | -4 | -2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 1 | -3 |
| Night °C | -9 | -9 | -6 | -1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | -4 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 71 | 51 | 52 | 57 | 101 | 109 | 130 | 133 | 92 | 94 | 84 | 66 |
| Wet days | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 1.3 | 3.0 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 48 | 62 | 59 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 33 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (183 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 | 94% | 117% | 132% | 68% | 38% | 130% | 115% | 52% | 110% | 183% | 119% | 214% |
| 2021 | 88% | 57% | 83% | 67% | 130% | 96% | 117% | 39% | 82% | 141% | 70% | 44% |
| 2022 | 65% | 142% | 30% | 32% | 76% | 103% | 63% | 64% | 128% | 82% | 145% | 71% |
| 2023 | 142% | 92% | 108% | 257% | 40% | 81% | 155% | 274% | 120% | 44% | 104% | 95% |
| 2024 | 89% | 175% | 218% | 110% | 65% | 142% | 178% | 139% | 164% | 112% | 50% | 94% |
| 2025 | 116% | 65% | 52% | 67% | 76% | 98% | 129% | 76% | 162% | 139% | 108% | 128% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Hunderfossen
Norway
- —Height
- 0.18 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4591070) · 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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