
In numbers.
Oct–Jan
Best months
48m
Elevation
The water at Sautadet Falls, month by month
It roars from November to December.
The fullest months: from November to December. The thinnest: from July to August.
- 60%Jan
- 50%Feb
- 52%Mar
- 56%Apr
- 46%May
- 27%Jun
- 13%Jul
- 10%Aug
- 28%Sep
- 72%Oct
- 100%Nov
- 78%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from October to January.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfalls in France
Sautadet Falls is a waterfall in France.
Getting there.
- Sabrannearest town · 4.6 km in a straight line
- Parking 730 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Avignon Caumont airport (AVN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 43 km in a straight lineCar hire at FNI airport (Nîmes/Garons)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From October to Januarybest 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 13 m in 3.5 km. Here the river runs about 53 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 6viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 3car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 2toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 1bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 12campsitesLa Grenouille, Les Amarines, Le Saint-Michelet and 9 more
- 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmRésidence de l'Acacia, Le Clos Cèze Art, Château de Montcaud and 5 more
- 6restaurants 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
- Sabran4.6 km in a straight line
- Goudargues5.6 km in a straight line
- Saint-Nazaire7.8 km in a straight line
- Bagnols-sur-Cèze8.0 km in a straight line
- Saint-Alexandre8.7 km in a straight line
- Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson9.9 km in a straight line
- Tresques10 km in a straight line
- Vénéjan10 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 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 10 |
| Night °C | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 61 | 48 | 54 | 69 | 65 | 42 | 30 | 36 | 65 | 106 | 104 | 61 |
| Wet days | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | 3.5 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
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 | 61% | 30% | 49% | 79% | 89% | 149% | 19% | 90% | 117% | 52% | 41% | 129% |
| 2021 | 48% | 73% | 14% | 95% | 106% | 73% | 130% | 74% | 128% | 98% | 56% | 86% |
| 2022 | 24% | 37% | 61% | 46% | 13% | 73% | 58% | 124% | 144% | 25% | 98% | 150% |
| 2023 | 21% | 32% | 37% | 21% | 90% | 153% | 40% | 42% | 61% | 78% | 38% | 54% |
| 2024 | 44% | 132% | 293% | 49% | 128% | 88% | 84% | 51% | 166% | 82% | 30% | 28% |
| 2025 | 53% | 60% | 69% | 32% | 27% | 22% | 42% | 41% | 33% | 19% | 27% | 91% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1734979) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| 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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