Italy 
In numbers.
0.64m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Nov–Feb
Best months
159m
Elevation
The water at Cascate di Monte Gelato, month by month
It roars from November to February.
The fullest months: from November to February. The thinnest: from June to August.
- 1.0 m³/sJan
- 0.9 m³/sFeb
- 0.8 m³/sMar
- 0.6 m³/sApr
- 0.5 m³/sMay
- 0.3 m³/sJun
- 0.2 m³/sJul
- 0.2 m³/sAug
- 0.4 m³/sSep
- 0.7 m³/sOct
- 1.1 m³/sNov
- 1.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.18 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.2 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from November to February.
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.
Cascate di Monte Gelato is a waterfall in Italy.
Getting there.
- Mazzano Romanonearest town · 2.8 km in a straight line
- Parking 180 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 43 km in a straight lineCar hire at FCO airport (Rome)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From November to Februarybest 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 33 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 29 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 12waymarked walking routesVia Francigena - 07 Lazio, Fossi della Mola di Monte Gelato, Suriano and 9 more
- 4car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- —toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- 4bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 1caves
- —campsites
- 9hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmOratorio San Giovanni Battista, BO Agricocultura antica Spa and suite, Case nel Borgo and 6 more
- 9restaurants 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
- Mazzano Romano2.8 km in a straight line
- Campagnano di Roma5.4 km in a straight line
- Magliano Romano5.6 km in a straight line
- Calcata Nuova5.6 km in a straight line
- Monterosi6.0 km in a straight line
- Nepi7.1 km in a straight line
- Faleria7.2 km in a straight line
- Castel Sant'Elia7.5 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 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 12 |
| Night °C | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 72 | 77 | 68 | 56 | 57 | 34 | 26 | 26 | 70 | 82 | 114 | 92 |
| Wet days | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 3.7 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 10.7 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (159 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 | 17% | 24% | 104% | 85% | 62% | 189% | 46% | 130% | 158% | 124% | 45% | 224% |
| 2021 | 260% | 92% | 97% | 113% | 68% | 111% | 48% | 31% | 19% | 46% | 119% | 123% |
| 2022 | 68% | 33% | 44% | 62% | 20% | 7% | 46% | 104% | 147% | 13% | 97% | 112% |
| 2023 | 81% | 51% | 53% | 92% | 145% | 139% | 54% | 152% | 36% | 60% | 216% | 57% |
| 2024 | 56% | 109% | 156% | 34% | 92% | 45% | 53% | 134% | 122% | 137% | 22% | 86% |
| 2025 | 59% | 134% | 142% | 109% | 86% | 44% | 123% | 124% | 95% | 49% | 65% | 65% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Cascate di Monte Gelato
Italy
- —Height
- 0.64 m³/sAverage flow
- Nov–FebBest months
Riserva naturale guidata Cascate del Verde
Italy
- 200 mHeight
- —Average flow
- Mar–Apr, Oct–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1046900) · 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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