United Kingdom 
In numbers.
8.6m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr
Aug–Oct
Best months
113m
Elevation
The water at Falls of Foyers, month by month
It roars from August to March.
The fullest months: from August to March.
- 14 m³/sJan
- 11 m³/sFeb
- 8.2 m³/sMar
- 5.4 m³/sApr
- 4.8 m³/sMay
- 4.6 m³/sJun
- 5.4 m³/sJul
- 9.0 m³/sAug
- 7.3 m³/sSep
- 11 m³/sOct
- 11 m³/sNov
- 11 m³/sDec
From about 4.6 m³/s in the lowest month to 14 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: April and from August to October.
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.
Waterfall on the south side of Loch Ness
Falls of Foyers is a waterfall in United Kingdom.
Getting there.
- Drumnadrochitnearest town · 9.6 km in a straight line
- Parking 80 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Inverness Airport (INV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 42 km in a straight lineCar hire at INV airport (Inverness)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- April and from August to Octoberbest 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 122 m in 3.2 km. Here the river runs about 70 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpointsUpper Viewpoint, Lower Viewpoint
- 3waymarked walking routesGreat Glen Way, South Loch Ness Trail, Trail of the 7 Lochs
- 11car parks
- —swimming spots
- 3picnic sites
- 4toilets
- 2information boards and visitor centres
- 3bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmUpper Falls
- —caves
- 2campsitesLoch Ness Shores
- 6hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmThe Craigdarroch Inn, The Lochside Hostel, Kinbrylie and 3 more
- 2restaurants 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
- Drumnadrochit9.6 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 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
| Night °C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 122 | 99 | 94 | 80 | 98 | 114 | 126 | 140 | 109 | 130 | 120 | 119 |
| Wet days | 23 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
| Sun h/day | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 14 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (113 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 | 98% | 189% | 102% | 43% | 79% | 139% | 100% | 73% | 85% | 155% | 106% | 132% |
| 2021 | 84% | 87% | 121% | 59% | 115% | 46% | 86% | 62% | 68% | 116% | 103% | 90% |
| 2022 | 75% | 161% | 43% | 95% | 114% | 65% | 86% | 64% | 75% | 98% | 105% | 80% |
| 2023 | 97% | 76% | 108% | 83% | 42% | 54% | 139% | 68% | 100% | 96% | 78% | 103% |
| 2024 | 89% | 100% | 84% | 142% | 86% | 86% | 93% | 96% | 59% | 66% | 50% | 149% |
| 2025 | 56% | 69% | 66% | 47% | 69% | 88% | 70% | 56% | 71% | 99% | 108% | 85% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Falls of Foyers
United Kingdom
- —Height
- 8.6 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr, Aug–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37279) · 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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