Norway 
In numbers.
11m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Jul
Sep
Best months
833m
Elevation
The water at Søtefossen, 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. Below −4 °C on average (from December to March): the falls can partly freeze.
- 9.0 m³/sJan
- 3.2 m³/sFeb
- 4.1 m³/sMar
- 17 m³/sApr
- 35 m³/sMay
- 31 m³/sJun
- 21 m³/sJul
- 15 m³/sAug
- 16 m³/sSep
- 16 m³/sOct
- 16 m³/sNov
- 14 m³/sDec
From about 3.2 m³/s in the lowest month to 35 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to July and September.
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.
Søtefossen is a waterfall in Norway.
Getting there.
- Kinsarviknearest town · 6.7 km in a straight line
- Bergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 87 km in a straight lineCar hire at BGO airport (Bergen)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to July and Septemberbest 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 81 m in 0.2 km. Here the river runs about 200 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 1waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmNyastølfossen, Nykkjesøyfossen, Tveitafossen
- —caves
- 3campsitesKinsarvik Camping, Mikkelparken Ferietun, Bråvoll Camping
- 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmKinsarvik Fjordhotel, Kinsarvik Fjordhotell, Huse Gjestegard and 5 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
- Kinsarvik6.7 km in a straight line
- Eidfjord21 km in a straight line
- Granvin22 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 | -4 | -3 | -1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 4 | -1 | -3 |
| Night °C | -9 | -10 | -8 | -4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | -1 | -5 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 185 | 131 | 131 | 99 | 105 | 130 | 154 | 152 | 169 | 160 | 171 | 193 |
| Wet days | 22 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| Sun h/day | 0.3 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 93 | 125 | 144 | 112 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 54 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (833 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
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 | 177% | 223% | 126% | 134% | 101% | 68% | 132% | 84% | 125% | 84% | 150% | 53% |
| 2021 | 45% | 69% | 116% | 94% | 54% | 102% | 79% | 45% | 77% | 157% | 109% | 69% |
| 2022 | 152% | 213% | 47% | 57% | 139% | 112% | 103% | 102% | 52% | 130% | 79% | 61% |
| 2023 | 103% | 147% | 96% | 64% | 98% | 58% | 140% | 140% | 115% | 105% | 46% | 101% |
| 2024 | 94% | 170% | 80% | 106% | 74% | 99% | 104% | 148% | 71% | 138% | 82% | 149% |
| 2025 | 69% | 54% | 162% | 77% | 87% | 126% | 91% | 128% | 86% | 94% | 92% | 82% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Søtefossen
Norway
- —Height
- 11 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–Jul, SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q11336528) · 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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