Iceland 
In numbers.
0.15m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Aug
Best months
515m
Elevation
The water at Strútsfoss, month by month
It roars from May to June.
The fullest months: from May to June, with the snowmelt. Below −4 °C on average (from December to March): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.1 m³/sMar
- 0.2 m³/sApr
- 0.4 m³/sMay
- 0.3 m³/sJun
- 0.2 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.2 m³/sOct
- 0.2 m³/sNov
- 0.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.08 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.38 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to August.
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.
Waterfall in eastern Iceland
Strútsfoss is a waterfall in Iceland.
Getting there.
- Egilsstaðir Airport (EGS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 52 km in a straight lineCar hire at EGS airport (Egilsstaðir)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Augustbest 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 450 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 72 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 1waymarked walking routesStrutsfoss
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | -2 | -2 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | -1 | -2 |
| Night °C | -8 | -8 | -8 | -5 | -2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | -2 | -6 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 126 | 107 | 106 | 93 | 89 | 78 | 109 | 108 | 125 | 141 | 133 | 125 |
| Wet days | 21 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 |
| Sun h/day | 0.4 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 54 | 69 | 78 | 63 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 39 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (515 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 | 75% | 139% | 85% | 89% | 52% | 83% | 78% | 73% | 116% | 134% | 90% | 173% |
| 2021 | 71% | 119% | 85% | 39% | 62% | 131% | 36% | 36% | 123% | 144% | 86% | 69% |
| 2022 | 68% | 123% | 116% | 87% | 151% | 153% | 102% | 92% | 82% | 100% | 222% | 59% |
| 2023 | 84% | 67% | 111% | 114% | 78% | 125% | 77% | 46% | 138% | 103% | 77% | 50% |
| 2024 | 68% | 69% | 153% | 78% | 74% | 102% | 74% | 158% | 54% | 77% | 52% | 42% |
| 2025 | 118% | 123% | 60% | 79% | 68% | 211% | 63% | 78% | 143% | 59% | 47% | 123% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Strútsfoss
Iceland
- —Height
- 0.15 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q109407547) · 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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