Norway 
In numbers.
4.2m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Aug
Best months
470m
Elevation
The water at Svøufallet, month by month
It roars from May to June.
The fullest months: from May to June, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from November to March. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.8 m³/sJan
- 0.7 m³/sFeb
- 1.4 m³/sMar
- 3.9 m³/sApr
- 11 m³/sMay
- 14 m³/sJun
- 9.9 m³/sJul
- 6.7 m³/sAug
- 4.8 m³/sSep
- 3.2 m³/sOct
- 2.2 m³/sNov
- 1.3 m³/sDec
From about 0.67 m³/s in the lowest month to 14 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.
Getting there.
- Parking 330 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget (KSU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 92 km in a straight lineCar hire at KSU airport (Kvernberget)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Augustbest 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 345 m in 2.0 km. Here the river runs about 113 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpointsØrnsnydda
- 9waymarked walking routes
- 6car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmLinndalsfallet, Reppfallet
- —caves
- 1campsitesGjøra Kro & Camping
- 3hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmVangshaugen, Svarthaugbua, Kjerringbua
- —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 | -3 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1 | -2 |
| Night °C | -8 | -8 | -7 | -2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | -4 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 138 | 114 | 116 | 92 | 99 | 143 | 161 | 158 | 135 | 110 | 129 | 140 |
| Wet days | 19 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 20 |
| Sun h/day | 0.7 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 108 | 132 | 149 | 136 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 41 | 74 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (470 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 | 122% | 143% | 92% | 182% | 145% | 65% | 103% | 96% | 106% | 86% | 113% | 41% |
| 2021 | 45% | 37% | 131% | 205% | 59% | 98% | 74% | 129% | 119% | 186% | 122% | 104% |
| 2022 | 218% | 126% | 81% | 134% | 117% | 130% | 133% | 90% | 127% | 101% | 32% | 62% |
| 2023 | 82% | 137% | 113% | 82% | 106% | 64% | 122% | 200% | 101% | 150% | 64% | 81% |
| 2024 | 88% | 96% | 50% | 79% | 52% | 101% | 147% | 93% | 102% | 152% | 143% | 139% |
| 2025 | 79% | 49% | 160% | 105% | 132% | 138% | 68% | 114% | 73% | 120% | 140% | 80% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Svøufallet
Norway
- —Height
- 4.2 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q11336542) · 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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