Norway 
In numbers.
2.4m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Jun
Sep–Oct
Best months
48m
Elevation
The water at Månafossen, month by month
It roars from October to January.
The fullest months: from October to January.
- 3.7 m³/sJan
- 2.4 m³/sFeb
- 1.9 m³/sMar
- 2.8 m³/sApr
- 2.8 m³/sMay
- 1.8 m³/sJun
- 1.4 m³/sJul
- 1.7 m³/sAug
- 2.4 m³/sSep
- 2.9 m³/sOct
- 3.3 m³/sNov
- 3.9 m³/sDec
From about 1.4 m³/s in the lowest month to 3.9 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to June and from September to October.
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.
- Oltedalnearest town · 19 km in a straight line
- Parking 830 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Stavanger Airport, Sola (SVG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 42 km in a straight lineCar hire at SVG airport (Stavanger)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to June and from September to Octoberbest 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 25 m in 0.7 km.
What is around.
- 5viewpointsMånafossen and 4 more
- 3waymarked walking routesKjærlighetsstien, Fottur til Frafjordhatten og Kjærlighetsstien
- 5car parks
- —swimming spots
- 3picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 4information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmMånafossen, Eigeskogfossen
- —caves
- 11campsitesGiljastølen Camping, Månastøl, Månavatn and 8 more
- 13hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmFrafjord Spa, Mån and 11 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
- Oltedal19 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 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| Night °C | -2 | -3 | -1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 283 | 193 | 169 | 124 | 125 | 127 | 156 | 188 | 213 | 234 | 249 | 292 |
| Wet days | 21 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 22 |
| Sun h/day | 0.3 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 40 | 66 | 74 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 20 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (48 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 | 159% | 266% | 132% | 97% | 107% | 93% | 177% | 63% | 101% | 93% | 163% | 69% |
| 2021 | 50% | 81% | 129% | 81% | 77% | 107% | 80% | 37% | 61% | 142% | 104% | 44% |
| 2022 | 132% | 189% | 30% | 46% | 142% | 104% | 102% | 77% | 57% | 133% | 95% | 81% |
| 2023 | 117% | 136% | 107% | 53% | 68% | 54% | 174% | 115% | 120% | 81% | 50% | 94% |
| 2024 | 102% | 161% | 110% | 112% | 57% | 141% | 102% | 132% | 80% | 85% | 72% | 146% |
| 2025 | 62% | 62% | 130% | 53% | 74% | 137% | 79% | 120% | 98% | 96% | 114% | 115% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Månafossen
Norway
- —Height
- 2.4 m³/sAverage flow
- May–Jun, Sep–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1512918) · 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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