France 
In numbers.
2.3m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–May
Nov
Best months
478m
Elevation
The water at Cascade de l'Audeux, month by month
It roars from October to May.
The fullest months: from October to May.
- 3.2 m³/sJan
- 2.7 m³/sFeb
- 3.5 m³/sMar
- 2.6 m³/sApr
- 2.8 m³/sMay
- 1.9 m³/sJun
- 1.1 m³/sJul
- 1.2 m³/sAug
- 1.0 m³/sSep
- 2.2 m³/sOct
- 2.9 m³/sNov
- 3.4 m³/sDec
From about 0.97 m³/s in the lowest month to 3.5 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to May and November.
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.
Cascade de l'Audeux is a waterfall in France.
Getting there.
- Vercel-Villedieu-le-Campnearest town · 8.1 km in a straight line
- Parking 110 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Dole Tavaux Airport (DLE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 75 km in a straight lineCar hire at BRN airport (Bern)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to May and Novemberbest 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 82 m in 1.7 km. Here the river runs about 69 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 4viewpointsVue sur l'abbaye and 3 more
- 3waymarked walking routesL'Abbaye de Grâce-Dieu, Sur les Pas de Louis Pergaud, Le Sentier de la Grâce-Dieu
- 4car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 5information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 3caves
- —campsites
- 3hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmLe Relais des deux tours
- 1restaurants 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
- Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp8.1 km in a straight line
- Valdahon11 km in a straight line
- Baume-les-Dames11 km in a straight line
- Roulans12 km in a straight line
- Étalans13 km in a straight line
- Nancray14 km in a straight line
- Pierrefontaine-les-Varans14 km in a straight line
- Mamirolle16 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 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 4 |
| Night °C | -3 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 85 | 68 | 78 | 68 | 99 | 89 | 82 | 90 | 70 | 92 | 89 | 97 |
| Wet days | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Sun h/day | 2.1 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (478 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 | 50% | 170% | 93% | 35% | 98% | 153% | 29% | 81% | 92% | 162% | 32% | 109% |
| 2021 | 136% | 76% | 69% | 50% | 142% | 148% | 193% | 69% | 69% | 83% | 55% | 120% |
| 2022 | 60% | 104% | 27% | 142% | 35% | 122% | 26% | 72% | 154% | 90% | 114% | 83% |
| 2023 | 92% | 24% | 133% | 122% | 51% | 35% | 99% | 103% | 54% | 157% | 218% | 119% |
| 2024 | 100% | 116% | 119% | 124% | 160% | 141% | 92% | 69% | 205% | 132% | 69% | 95% |
| 2025 | 137% | 57% | 47% | 90% | 51% | 118% | 119% | 118% | 183% | 129% | 129% | 31% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Cascade de l'Audeux
France
- —Height
- 2.3 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–May, NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q86729730) · 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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