Norway 
In numbers.
Jun–Jul
Best months
1,053m
Elevation
The water at Tyssestrengene, 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.
- 26%Jan
- 17%Feb
- 20%Mar
- 38%Apr
- 78%May
- 100%Jun
- 74%Jul
- 53%Aug
- 48%Sep
- 49%Oct
- 45%Nov
- 36%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to July.
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.
- Oddanearest town · 14 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 Julybest 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 480 m in 1.1 km. Here the river runs about 298 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 7viewpointsTrolltunga, Preikestolen and 5 more
- 7waymarked walking routesTrolltunga, Via Ferrata Trolltunga and 5 more
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 2other 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).
Towns nearby
- Odda14 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 | -5 | -5 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | -2 | -4 |
| Night °C | -10 | -11 | -9 | -5 | -1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | -2 | -6 | -9 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 237 | 164 | 161 | 125 | 128 | 153 | 181 | 188 | 210 | 214 | 226 | 249 |
| Wet days | 23 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 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) | 141 | 179 | 203 | 182 | 101 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 42 | 89 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,053 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 | 169% | 227% | 127% | 116% | 91% | 81% | 139% | 72% | 114% | 88% | 149% | 66% |
| 2021 | 44% | 76% | 123% | 84% | 55% | 105% | 92% | 44% | 68% | 150% | 99% | 61% |
| 2022 | 137% | 201% | 42% | 50% | 133% | 112% | 98% | 92% | 54% | 134% | 89% | 72% |
| 2023 | 104% | 140% | 94% | 67% | 83% | 63% | 138% | 126% | 121% | 94% | 43% | 96% |
| 2024 | 96% | 165% | 97% | 123% | 70% | 104% | 107% | 148% | 79% | 114% | 74% | 143% |
| 2025 | 70% | 62% | 142% | 68% | 88% | 133% | 78% | 129% | 101% | 89% | 96% | 90% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Tyssestrengene
Norway
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1781830) · 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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