Norway 
In numbers.
12m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Jul
Best months
364m
Elevation
The water at Rjoandefossen, month by month
It roars from May to June.
The fullest months: from May to June, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from February to March.
- 9.6 m³/sJan
- 2.6 m³/sFeb
- 4.3 m³/sMar
- 21 m³/sApr
- 47 m³/sMay
- 39 m³/sJun
- 25 m³/sJul
- 18 m³/sAug
- 21 m³/sSep
- 20 m³/sOct
- 20 m³/sNov
- 18 m³/sDec
From about 2.6 m³/s in the lowest month to 47 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to July.
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.
- Aurlandsvangennearest town · 10 km in a straight line
- Parking 960 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Bergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 119 km in a straight lineCar hire at BGO airport (Bergen)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to Julybest 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 574 m in 2.1 km. Here the river runs about 98 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpointsLeina Gorge
- —waymarked walking routes
- 4car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmBrekkefossen
- —caves
- 1campsitesFlåm Camping og Hostel
- 7hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmFlåm Marina, Fretheim Fjordhytter, Brekke Gard Hostel and 4 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
- Aurlandsvangen10 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 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Night °C | -6 | -7 | -5 | -1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | -2 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 183 | 131 | 131 | 100 | 106 | 126 | 150 | 153 | 172 | 163 | 171 | 189 |
| Wet days | 22 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| Sun h/day | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 96 | 131 | 152 | 120 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 52 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (364 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 | 176% | 215% | 134% | 124% | 107% | 52% | 118% | 102% | 129% | 79% | 156% | 57% |
| 2021 | 49% | 74% | 118% | 83% | 57% | 110% | 66% | 45% | 87% | 171% | 110% | 70% |
| 2022 | 146% | 215% | 51% | 54% | 152% | 118% | 117% | 108% | 48% | 135% | 78% | 66% |
| 2023 | 113% | 140% | 108% | 65% | 106% | 50% | 139% | 155% | 124% | 100% | 43% | 98% |
| 2024 | 96% | 169% | 85% | 106% | 62% | 107% | 109% | 161% | 71% | 149% | 90% | 146% |
| 2025 | 69% | 61% | 172% | 88% | 94% | 139% | 76% | 118% | 73% | 98% | 94% | 90% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Rjoandefossen
Norway
- —Height
- 12 m³/sAverage flow
- May–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q3442878) · 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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