Sweden 
In numbers.
May–Aug
Best months
280m
Elevation
The water at Styggforsen, month by month
It roars from April to September.
The fullest months: from April to September. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 56%Jan
- 41%Feb
- 60%Mar
- 82%Apr
- 100%May
- 99%Jun
- 92%Jul
- 96%Aug
- 79%Sep
- 69%Oct
- 55%Nov
- 58%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to August.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Vikarbynnearest town · 14 km in a straight line
- Parking 160 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Mora Airport (MXX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 37 km in a straight lineCar hire at MXX airport (Mora)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to Augustbest 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 8 m in 1.8 km.
What is around.
- 2viewpoints
- 1waymarked walking routesSiljansleden
- 5car parks
- —swimming spots
- 3picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 3information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsitesSinksjöns bad och camping
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- 3restaurants 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
- Vikarbyn14 km in a straight line
- Rättvik14 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 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 1 | -3 |
| Night °C | -9 | -9 | -6 | -1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | -3 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 56 | 43 | 46 | 47 | 91 | 105 | 111 | 114 | 73 | 78 | 68 | 58 |
| Wet days | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 1.0 | 3.0 | 6.4 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 24 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 19 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (280 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 | 91% | 110% | 117% | 61% | 66% | 98% | 121% | 37% | 88% | 162% | 98% | 166% |
| 2021 | 112% | 44% | 87% | 95% | 116% | 97% | 57% | 140% | 121% | 146% | 75% | 62% |
| 2022 | 93% | 116% | 20% | 71% | 88% | 77% | 86% | 80% | 79% | 72% | 117% | 110% |
| 2023 | 157% | 101% | 130% | 163% | 41% | 40% | 160% | 172% | 108% | 68% | 161% | 79% |
| 2024 | 102% | 148% | 169% | 191% | 34% | 83% | 176% | 68% | 91% | 79% | 48% | 85% |
| 2025 | 149% | 59% | 60% | 88% | 68% | 117% | 110% | 61% | 195% | 130% | 107% | 97% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Styggforsen
Sweden
- —Height
- —Average flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q2359666) · 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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