France 
In numbers.
Jan–Apr
Best months
1,200m
Elevation
The water at Les Trois Roches, month by month
It roars from February to March.
The fullest months: from February to March. The thinnest: from June to December.
- 71%Jan
- 81%Feb
- 100%Mar
- 70%Apr
- 42%May
- 24%Jun
- 16%Jul
- 14%Aug
- 14%Sep
- 14%Oct
- 18%Nov
- 23%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.
Les Trois Roches is a waterfall in France. It lies within Réunion National Park.
Getting there.
- Cilaosnearest town · 8.2 km in a straight line
- Roland Garros Airport (RUN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 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 300 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 178 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 8viewpointsPlateau Chêne, Point de vue and 6 more
- 4waymarked walking routesGR R1, GR R2, GR R3 and 1 more
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- 5picnic sites
- —toilets
- 2information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 30campsitesAire de camping de Yoland Louise, Chez Judex, Camping des 3 Salazes and 27 more
- 75hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmGîte et table d'hôte Cuvelier Joseph, Gîte La maison Laclos, Gîte Yolande Hoareau and 72 more
- 5restaurants 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
- Cilaos8.2 km in a straight line
- Les Trois-Bassins12 km in a straight line
- Salazie15 km in a straight line
- Saint-Leu16 km in a straight line
- Saint-Paul17 km in a straight line
- Entre-Deux17 km in a straight line
- Piton Saint-Leu18 km in a straight line
- L'Étang-Salé18 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 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 22 |
| Night °C | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 140 | 114 | 143 | 76 | 53 | 37 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 46 | 55 |
| Wet days | 19 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.1 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,200 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 | 211% | 53% | 165% | 54% | 55% | 98% | 139% | 68% | 84% | 127% | 29% | 57% |
| 2021 | 28% | 40% | 93% | 425% | 63% | 159% | 97% | 112% | 57% | 145% | 26% | 116% |
| 2022 | 135% | 151% | 69% | 142% | 42% | 103% | 111% | 96% | 65% | 44% | 27% | 38% |
| 2023 | 129% | 36% | 64% | 136% | 78% | 111% | 75% | 125% | 24% | 31% | 159% | 91% |
| 2024 | 199% | 67% | 89% | 160% | 75% | 184% | 36% | 77% | 79% | 80% | 60% | 36% |
| 2025 | 25% | 165% | 98% | 99% | 82% | 45% | 94% | 108% | 80% | 55% | 134% | 284% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Les Trois Roches
France
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jan–AprBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q3539940) · 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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