Sweden 
In numbers.
177m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Jun
Aug–Sep
Best months
80m
Elevation
The water at Nässeforsen, month by month
It roars from April to October.
The fullest months: from April to October, with the snowmelt. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 118 m³/sJan
- 89 m³/sFeb
- 131 m³/sMar
- 212 m³/sApr
- 267 m³/sMay
- 233 m³/sJun
- 198 m³/sJul
- 199 m³/sAug
- 210 m³/sSep
- 196 m³/sOct
- 156 m³/sNov
- 143 m³/sDec
From about 89 m³/s in the lowest month to 267 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to June and from August to September.
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.
Earlier rapids in Faxälven, Sweden
Nässeforsen is a waterfall on the Faxälven, in Sweden.
Getting there.
- Långselenearest town · 1.6 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,680 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Kramfors-Sollefteå Höga Kusten Airport (KRF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 37 km in a straight lineCar hire at OSD airport (Östersund)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to June and from August to Septemberbest 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 30 m in 3.5 km. Here the river runs about 25 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsitesLångsele Camping
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- 3restaurants 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
- Långsele1.6 km in a straight line
- Sollefteå8.7 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 | -3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 1 | -2 |
| Night °C | -10 | -10 | -6 | -1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | -3 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 58 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 71 | 80 | 101 | 105 | 83 | 79 | 65 | 66 |
| Wet days | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 0.7 | 3.0 | 5.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 33 | 40 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 24 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (80 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 | 137% | 104% | 93% | 96% | 61% | 114% | 182% | 42% | 97% | 162% | 138% | 134% |
| 2021 | 184% | 77% | 94% | 88% | 56% | 167% | 67% | 113% | 137% | 143% | 82% | 58% |
| 2022 | 104% | 105% | 71% | 65% | 70% | 76% | 146% | 84% | 139% | 67% | 94% | 91% |
| 2023 | 133% | 82% | 101% | 111% | 53% | 22% | 108% | 147% | 95% | 64% | 192% | 59% |
| 2024 | 96% | 118% | 204% | 129% | 24% | 119% | 148% | 100% | 122% | 125% | 103% | 109% |
| 2025 | 123% | 72% | 74% | 67% | 118% | 128% | 93% | 62% | 142% | 149% | 106% | 130% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Nässeforsen
Sweden
- —Height
- 177 m³/sAverage flow
- May–Jun, Aug–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q122925014) · 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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