Sweden 
In numbers.
Apr–Jun
Aug
Best months
173m
Elevation
The water at Fämtfallet, month by month
It roars from April to September.
The fullest months: from April to September. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 61%Jan
- 41%Feb
- 57%Mar
- 88%Apr
- 100%May
- 87%Jun
- 82%Jul
- 89%Aug
- 79%Sep
- 75%Oct
- 66%Nov
- 66%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and August.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Fämtfallet is a waterfall in Sweden.
Getting there.
- Torsby Airport (TYF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 42 km in a straight lineCar hire at MXX airport (Mora)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to June and Augustbest 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 88 m in 3.3 km. Here the river runs about 39 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 2waymarked walking routesFämtleden, Brovägen
- —car parks
- 1swimming spots
- 5picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsites
- —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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | -3 | -2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 2 | -2 |
| Night °C | -8 | -8 | -5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | -2 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 72 | 56 | 53 | 57 | 103 | 105 | 121 | 126 | 88 | 94 | 86 | 72 |
| Wet days | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| Sun h/day | 0.7 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 25 | 34 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 19 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (173 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 | 110% | 142% | 131% | 72% | 57% | 83% | 127% | 34% | 96% | 165% | 121% | 171% |
| 2021 | 90% | 42% | 72% | 60% | 127% | 113% | 88% | 60% | 90% | 137% | 71% | 46% |
| 2022 | 75% | 142% | 19% | 45% | 76% | 79% | 74% | 69% | 94% | 98% | 103% | 131% |
| 2023 | 148% | 100% | 141% | 188% | 27% | 60% | 169% | 229% | 94% | 57% | 88% | 83% |
| 2024 | 100% | 167% | 198% | 173% | 46% | 84% | 196% | 93% | 100% | 68% | 58% | 101% |
| 2025 | 137% | 72% | 54% | 70% | 62% | 129% | 144% | 62% | 172% | 120% | 126% | 112% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Fämtfallet
Sweden
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr–Jun, AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q31887619) · 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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