France 
In numbers.
2.7m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–May
Oct
Best months
742m
Elevation
The water at Puits des Tines, month by month
It roars from October to May.
The fullest months: from October to May.
- 3.7 m³/sJan
- 3.1 m³/sFeb
- 3.8 m³/sMar
- 3.1 m³/sApr
- 3.1 m³/sMay
- 2.1 m³/sJun
- 1.1 m³/sJul
- 1.1 m³/sAug
- 1.0 m³/sSep
- 2.4 m³/sOct
- 3.2 m³/sNov
- 3.5 m³/sDec
From about 1.0 m³/s in the lowest month to 3.8 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to May and 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.
Puits des Tines is a waterfall in France.
Getting there.
- Hauteville-Lompnesnearest town · 6.6 km in a straight line
- Parking 750 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Annecy Meythet airport (NCY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 33 km in a straight lineCar hire at GVA airport (Geneva)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to May and Octoberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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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 37 m in 1.8 km. Here the river runs about 44 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 9waymarked walking routesHistoire parallèle des deux sapins, Le pont des Tines et la grotte du Pic and 7 more
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- 2picnic sites
- —toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmLe Pain de Sucre, Cascade de la Grotte du Pic, Cascade de la Fontaine d'Argent
- 3caves
- 2campsitesCamping municipal de Songieu, Camping municipal de Champagne
- 22hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmGîte de Charancin, Le Grand Amiral, La Boiserie de Fitignieu and 19 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
- Hauteville-Lompnes6.6 km in a straight line
- Artemare8.7 km in a straight line
- Virieu-le-Grand12 km in a straight line
- Tenay14 km in a straight line
- Culoz14 km in a straight line
- Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey19 km in a straight line
- Versonnex19 km in a straight line
- Bellegarde-sur-Valserine21 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 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| Night °C | -4 | -4 | -1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 103 | 79 | 96 | 84 | 110 | 95 | 87 | 94 | 80 | 108 | 112 | 116 |
| Wet days | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 2.2 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (742 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 | 56% | 135% | 85% | 54% | 93% | 131% | 27% | 93% | 99% | 194% | 26% | 124% |
| 2021 | 133% | 72% | 59% | 63% | 159% | 114% | 196% | 62% | 111% | 92% | 65% | 167% |
| 2022 | 43% | 107% | 27% | 105% | 33% | 126% | 20% | 66% | 188% | 73% | 123% | 129% |
| 2023 | 78% | 9% | 139% | 110% | 59% | 82% | 63% | 77% | 92% | 177% | 208% | 155% |
| 2024 | 114% | 109% | 114% | 125% | 149% | 125% | 99% | 61% | 241% | 155% | 56% | 101% |
| 2025 | 157% | 58% | 56% | 107% | 85% | 103% | 118% | 92% | 194% | 173% | 150% | 36% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Puits des Tines
France
- —Height
- 2.7 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–May, OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q19368619) · 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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