Iceland 
In numbers.
12m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Aug
Best months
361m
Elevation
The water at Kerafoss, month by month
It roars from April to June.
The fullest months: from April to June, with the snowmelt. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 4.6 m³/sJan
- 6.1 m³/sFeb
- 8.1 m³/sMar
- 23 m³/sApr
- 32 m³/sMay
- 27 m³/sJun
- 12 m³/sJul
- 6.2 m³/sAug
- 12 m³/sSep
- 13 m³/sOct
- 9.4 m³/sNov
- 12 m³/sDec
From about 4.6 m³/s in the lowest month to 32 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.
Kerafoss is a waterfall in Iceland.
Getting there.
- Akureyri International Airport (AEY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 100 km in a straight lineCar hire at AEY airport (Akureyri)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 113 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 54 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —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 | -2 | -2 | -1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | -1 | -2 |
| Night °C | -6 | -7 | -6 | -4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | -1 | -5 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 84 | 75 | 76 | 73 | 64 | 54 | 77 | 82 | 101 | 100 | 89 | 90 |
| Wet days | 21 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Sun h/day | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 46 | 50 | 53 | 42 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 32 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide. 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 | 160% | 125% | 95% | 83% | 78% | 112% | 137% | 141% | 153% | 87% | 113% | 109% |
| 2021 | 110% | 71% | 142% | 86% | 29% | 145% | 69% | 65% | 183% | 140% | 129% | 58% |
| 2022 | 123% | 83% | 120% | 76% | 149% | 176% | 115% | 148% | 66% | 112% | 51% | 62% |
| 2023 | 87% | 108% | 67% | 53% | 202% | 129% | 65% | 64% | 93% | 102% | 51% | 67% |
| 2024 | 64% | 101% | 107% | 58% | 98% | 193% | 112% | 171% | 86% | 120% | 76% | 92% |
| 2025 | 90% | 89% | 124% | 72% | 92% | 173% | 106% | 71% | 119% | 65% | 49% | 54% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Kerafoss
Iceland
- —Height
- 12 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q27013285) · 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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