France 
In numbers.
Jan–Apr
Best months
488m
Elevation
The water at Grand Galet Falls, month by month
It roars from February to March.
The fullest months: from February to March. The thinnest: from June to December.
- 65%Jan
- 81%Feb
- 100%Mar
- 70%Apr
- 40%May
- 20%Jun
- 12%Jul
- 10%Aug
- 10%Sep
- 10%Oct
- 14%Nov
- 19%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from January to April.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in La Réunion, France
Grand Galet Falls is a waterfall in France. It lies within Réunion National Park.
Getting there.
- Vincendonearest town · 7.3 km in a straight line
- Parking 110 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Saint-Pierre Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 23 km in a straight lineCar hire at RUN airport (Sainte-Marie)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From January to Aprilbest 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 172 m in 1.9 km. Here the river runs about 196 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 3viewpointsBelvédère du Serré, Cascade de Grand Galet
- —waymarked walking routes
- 5car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- 1bus stops within 1 km
- 4other named waterfalls within 4 kmCap Blanc, Cascade du Trou Noir, Cascade de la Caverne Rouge and 1 more
- —caves
- 1campsitesAire de bivouac Cap Blanc
- 3hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmLes Coeurs d'Amants, Loger dans une exploitation agricole, La Plantation
- —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).
Towns nearby
- Vincendo7.3 km in a straight line
- Saint-Joseph7.9 km in a straight line
- Petite-Île9.3 km in a straight line
- Le Tampon13 km in a straight line
- Saint-Philippe14 km in a straight line
- Saint-Pierre17 km in a straight line
- La Plaine-des-Palmistes20 km in a straight line
- Entre-Deux20 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 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Night °C | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 128 | 114 | 137 | 76 | 50 | 31 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 40 | 50 |
| Wet days | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| Sun h/day | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (488 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 | 166% | 30% | 110% | 31% | 38% | 64% | 100% | 42% | 59% | 121% | 18% | 36% |
| 2021 | 14% | 34% | 85% | 332% | 57% | 106% | 58% | 80% | 34% | 133% | 17% | 96% |
| 2022 | 135% | 111% | 55% | 119% | 23% | 76% | 64% | 81% | 40% | 33% | 25% | 21% |
| 2023 | 105% | 24% | 61% | 145% | 82% | 125% | 63% | 83% | 15% | 36% | 154% | 86% |
| 2024 | 131% | 44% | 86% | 166% | 49% | 163% | 26% | 42% | 51% | 56% | 44% | 30% |
| 2025 | 27% | 83% | 100% | 82% | 66% | 28% | 70% | 92% | 44% | 30% | 128% | 284% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Grand Galet Falls
France
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jan–AprBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1046858) · 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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