Norway 
In numbers.
2.9m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Jul
Sep
Best months
607m
Elevation
The water at Sundefossen, month by month
It roars from April to June and from October to January.
The fullest months: from April to June and from October to January. Below −4 °C on average (from January to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 4.9 m³/sJan
- 2.1 m³/sFeb
- 1.5 m³/sMar
- 3.9 m³/sApr
- 5.8 m³/sMay
- 4.2 m³/sJun
- 2.3 m³/sJul
- 1.9 m³/sAug
- 3.4 m³/sSep
- 4.3 m³/sOct
- 5.2 m³/sNov
- 5.9 m³/sDec
From about 1.5 m³/s in the lowest month to 5.9 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May 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.
Waterfall in Kvinnherad, Norway
Sundefossen is a waterfall in Norway.
Getting there.
- Oddanearest town · 12 km in a straight line
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- From May 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 780 m in 2.4 km.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 1waymarked walking routesHundsøyra
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmReppafossen
- —caves
- 2campsitesSundal Camping, Sundal Camping (plass 2)
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHotel Sundal
- —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
- Odda12 km in a straight line
- Jondal17 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 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | -1 |
| Night °C | -6 | -7 | -5 | -2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | -2 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 315 | 218 | 211 | 148 | 140 | 152 | 172 | 194 | 253 | 262 | 292 | 332 |
| Wet days | 22 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Sun h/day | 0.3 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 71 | 108 | 128 | 85 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 37 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (607 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 | 176% | 238% | 128% | 125% | 108% | 61% | 157% | 73% | 117% | 82% | 157% | 56% |
| 2021 | 42% | 76% | 126% | 84% | 48% | 108% | 78% | 40% | 64% | 152% | 96% | 60% |
| 2022 | 144% | 199% | 35% | 46% | 150% | 116% | 125% | 95% | 43% | 129% | 80% | 69% |
| 2023 | 102% | 137% | 83% | 45% | 91% | 49% | 155% | 125% | 116% | 105% | 40% | 99% |
| 2024 | 100% | 157% | 84% | 121% | 61% | 112% | 104% | 166% | 63% | 119% | 74% | 147% |
| 2025 | 71% | 62% | 169% | 70% | 88% | 153% | 73% | 135% | 76% | 83% | 93% | 95% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Sundefossen
Norway
- —Height
- 2.9 m³/sAverage flow
- May–Jul, SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7523992) · 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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