France 
In numbers.
0.23m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–May
Nov
Best months
352m
Elevation
The water at Cascades des Tufs - Cuisance, month by month
It roars from October to May.
The fullest months: from October to May.
- 0.3 m³/sJan
- 0.2 m³/sFeb
- 0.3 m³/sMar
- 0.2 m³/sApr
- 0.2 m³/sMay
- 0.2 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.2 m³/sOct
- 0.3 m³/sNov
- 0.3 m³/sDec
From about 0.09 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.32 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.
Cascades des Tufs - Cuisance is a waterfall in France.
Getting there.
- Arboisnearest town · 4.2 km in a straight line
- Parking 300 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Dole Tavaux Airport (DLE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 km in a straight lineCar hire at GVA airport (Geneva)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to May and Novemberbest 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 32 m in 0.4 km. Here the river runs about 180 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 5viewpointsBelvédère du Fer à Cheval, Belvédère de la Châtelaine, Belvédère des Mont Denons and 2 more
- 34waymarked walking routes
- 12car parks
- —swimming spots
- 7picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 5information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmCascade des Boucheries, La Cascade du Dérochoir, Cascade Damandre
- 4caves
- 3campsitesFerme des Nouvelles, Aire Domaine Désiré Petit, Camping Au coeur des Vignes
- 12hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmCarmel 1643, Castel Damandre, Gîte aux RE-source de la reculée and 9 more
- 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
- Arbois4.2 km in a straight line
- Poligny8.5 km in a straight line
- Salins-les-Bains10 km in a straight line
- Mouchard11 km in a straight line
- Champagnole16 km in a straight line
- Arc-et-Senans18 km in a straight line
- Mont-sous-Vaudrey19 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 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 |
| Night °C | -2 | -2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 88 | 70 | 82 | 74 | 101 | 90 | 85 | 92 | 72 | 98 | 99 | 103 |
| Wet days | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 |
| Sun h/day | 1.9 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 1.4 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 13 | 11 | 5 | 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 (352 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 | 58% | 165% | 95% | 39% | 95% | 125% | 26% | 79% | 108% | 192% | 27% | 113% |
| 2021 | 127% | 78% | 60% | 49% | 147% | 119% | 195% | 60% | 84% | 93% | 54% | 144% |
| 2022 | 60% | 108% | 36% | 117% | 41% | 138% | 17% | 78% | 173% | 84% | 115% | 99% |
| 2023 | 94% | 19% | 135% | 120% | 64% | 64% | 83% | 90% | 76% | 190% | 202% | 123% |
| 2024 | 108% | 126% | 124% | 133% | 147% | 129% | 89% | 79% | 219% | 158% | 69% | 99% |
| 2025 | 159% | 65% | 52% | 97% | 82% | 142% | 129% | 105% | 202% | 171% | 157% | 41% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Cascades des Tufs - Cuisance
France
- —Height
- 0.23 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–May, NovBest months
Cascade de Baume-les-Messieurs
France
- 10 mHeight
- 1.6 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–May, NovBest months
Cascade du Bief de la Ruine
France
- 110 mHeight
- 2.5 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr–Jun, OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q86726828) · 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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