Sweden 
In numbers.
Jun–Jul
Best months
369m
Elevation
The water at Silverfallet, Björkliden, month by month
It roars from June to July.
The fullest months: from June to July, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from November to April. Below −4 °C on average (from November to March): the falls can partly freeze.
- 6%Jan
- 7%Feb
- 10%Mar
- 14%Apr
- 48%May
- 100%Jun
- 88%Jul
- 53%Aug
- 36%Sep
- 27%Oct
- 15%Nov
- 8%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to July.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Silverfallet, Björkliden is a waterfall in Sweden.
Getting there.
- Parking 140 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Bardufoss Airport (BDU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 73 km in a straight lineCar hire at EVE airport (Evenes)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Julybest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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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 180 m in 1.9 km.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 5waymarked walking routesEuropean Long distance path E1 - Sweden, Norrbottens län (north), Nordkalottruta Etapp 22: Pålnostugan - Abisko Turiststation and 3 more
- 6car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 2toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 1bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 3campsitesAbisko turiststation, Björklidens Camping
- 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmSTF Abisko Turiststation, Hotell Fjället, Abisko Guesthouse and 5 more
- 2restaurants 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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | -7 | -6 | -3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | -3 | -5 |
| Night °C | -12 | -12 | -10 | -6 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | -3 | -8 | -10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 114 | 112 | 121 | 98 | 103 | 124 | 161 | 137 | 142 | 126 | 114 | 130 |
| Wet days | 21 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 22 |
| Sun h/day | 0.5 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | — |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 124 | 151 | 176 | 188 | 142 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 54 | 91 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (369 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 | 174% | 130% | 149% | 137% | 105% | 33% | 148% | 117% | 132% | 67% | 130% | 44% |
| 2021 | 46% | 120% | 142% | 135% | 71% | 118% | 93% | 109% | 91% | 126% | 91% | 84% |
| 2022 | 201% | 83% | 118% | 126% | 155% | 92% | 144% | 162% | 56% | 130% | 51% | 69% |
| 2023 | 100% | 167% | 97% | 133% | 151% | 84% | 49% | 77% | 141% | 87% | 44% | 67% |
| 2024 | 145% | 80% | 58% | 82% | 79% | 96% | 64% | 125% | 69% | 154% | 208% | 164% |
| 2025 | 152% | 106% | 166% | 174% | 84% | 106% | 68% | 129% | 81% | 108% | 110% | 126% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Silverfallet, Björkliden
Sweden
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q15128570) · 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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