Italy 
In numbers.
0.17m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Nov–Feb
Best months
347m
Elevation
The water at Oxena falls, month by month
It roars from November to February.
The fullest months: from November to February. The thinnest: from May to September.
- 0.5 m³/sJan
- 0.4 m³/sFeb
- 0.3 m³/sMar
- 0.2 m³/sApr
- 0.1 m³/sMay
- 0.0 m³/sJun
- 0.0 m³/sJul
- 0.0 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.5 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.03 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.54 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from November to February.
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.
Oxena falls is a waterfall in Italy.
Getting there.
- Militello in Val di Catanianearest town · 3.2 km in a straight line
- Comiso Airport (CIY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 33 km in a straight lineCar hire at CIY airport (Comiso)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From November to Februarybest 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 65 m in 2.6 km. Here the river runs about 41 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpoints
- 4waymarked walking routesDa Parco Archeologico Santa Maria La Vetere a Bivio C.Linziti, Fontana San Vito - Cascate dell'Ossena, Castello di Oxena 2 and 1 more
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 4caves
- —campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmResidence Villa Renna
- 1restaurants 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
- Militello in Val di Catania3.2 km in a straight line
- Scordia6.3 km in a straight line
- Francofonte7.0 km in a straight line
- Mineo9.7 km in a straight line
- Vizzini10 km in a straight line
- Palagonia10 km in a straight line
- Licodia Eubea13 km in a straight line
- Pedagaggi14 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 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 30 | 34 | 33 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 14 |
| Night °C | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 70 | 62 | 48 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 54 | 70 | 87 | 82 |
| Wet days | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 4.9 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 9.8 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 10.4 | 7.7 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 4.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (347 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 | 11% | 3% | 213% | 37% | 54% | 29% | — | 24% | 162% | 43% | 98% | 99% |
| 2021 | 64% | 34% | 92% | 52% | 15% | 13% | — | 7% | 40% | 295% | 140% | 35% |
| 2022 | 34% | 10% | 59% | 35% | 188% | 23% | — | 344% | 92% | 42% | 144% | 19% |
| 2023 | 47% | 171% | 38% | 62% | 2,749% | 94% | — | 38% | 36% | 3% | 31% | 21% |
| 2024 | 45% | 50% | 18% | 20% | 85% | 13% | — | 82% | 55% | 46% | 44% | 17% |
| 2025 | 37% | 34% | 109% | 21% | 1,260% | 74% | — | 44% | 28% | 53% | 35% | 71% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Oxena falls
Italy
- —Height
- 0.17 m³/sAverage flow
- Nov–FebBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q3661557) · 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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