Spain Waterfall

Salt d'aigua del Rossinyol

One of the waterfalls of Spain.

When to go

Ricard Alemany i Quintana · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers.

0.12m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Apr–May
Oct–Nov

Best months

460m

Elevation

The water at Salt d'aigua del Rossinyol, month by month

It roars in April and from October to November.

The fullest months: April and from October to November.

0.1 m³/sJan
0.1 m³/sFeb
0.1 m³/sMar
0.2 m³/sApr
0.1 m³/sMay
0.1 m³/sJun
0.0 m³/sJul
0.1 m³/sAug
0.1 m³/sSep
0.2 m³/sOct
0.2 m³/sNov
0.1 m³/sDec

high water best months to go

From about 0.04 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.23 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to May and from October to November.

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.

Salt d'aigua del Rossinyol is a waterfall in Spain.

Getting there.

Bigues i Riellsnearest town · 5.1 km in a straight line
Parking 130 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 48 km in a straight lineCar hire at BCN airport (Barcelona)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
From April to May and from October to Novemberbest 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.

The el Rossinyol through the falls

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.

The valley below the falls

Around the falls the river drops 211 m in 2.0 km. Here the river runs about 192 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

8viewpointsMirador dels Frares and 7 more
5waymarked walking routesSender dels Miradors, Matagalls - Montserrat, Els Tres Monts and 2 more
8car parks
—swimming spots
2picnic sites
1toilets
6information boards and visitor centres
—bus stops within 1 km
5other named waterfalls within 4 kmSalt d'aigua del Tenes, Saltant de Roca Gironella, Saltant de Sant Miquel Xic and 2 more
4caves
2campsitesCàmping L'Illa, Camping l'Avenco
4hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmCastell de Sant Miquel, Bungalows El Solei, CAN TABERNER and 1 more
12restaurants 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

Bigues i Riells5.1 km in a straight line
Castellcir5.5 km in a straight line
Sant Martí de Centelles5.7 km in a straight line
Figaró6.9 km in a straight line
Aiguafreda7.6 km in a straight line
Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana8.2 km in a straight line
L'Ametlla del Vallès8.4 km in a straight line
la Garriga8.6 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	10	11	13	15	18	23	25	26	22	19	14	11
Night °C	5	5	6	9	12	16	19	20	17	14	9	6
Rain & snow (mm)	47	42	57	67	64	39	44	56	76	93	68	36
Wet days	6	5	7	8	8	6	6	8	9	9	7	6
Sun h/day	4.8	5.8	7.1	7.8	9.2	10.8	10.8	9.6	7.4	5.9	4.9	4.5
Snow on the ground (cm)	1	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 (460 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

091 Sant Miquel del Fai, estany sota la cinglera i el salt d'aigua del Rossinyol — Enfo · CC BY-SA 3.0

096 Sant Miquel del Fai, estany sota la cinglera i el salt d'aigua del Rossinyol — Enfo · CC BY-SA 3.0

Rius Tenes i Rossinyol - Salts de la Vall de Sant Miquel del Fai — Jordi Mas i Caballe · CC BY-SA 3.0

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	475%	16%	183%	384%	120%	420%	362%	182%	98%	107%	372%	169%
2021	84%	100%	40%	80%	66%	89%	84%	65%	99%	54%	224%	19%
2022	22%	23%	284%	76%	75%	51%	46%	167%	96%	40%	48%	82%
2023	26%	92%	11%	26%	136%	152%	76%	118%	92%	48%	16%	13%
2024	41%	52%	257%	199%	128%	403%	106%	64%	120%	147%	119%	130%
2025	21%	118%	357%	79%	202%	19%	319%	94%	208%	40%	77%	503%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Salt d'aigua del Rossinyol

Spain

—Height
0.12 m³/sAverage flow
Apr–May, Oct–NovBest months

Salt d'aigua del Tenes

Spain

—Height
0.42 m³/sAverage flow
Apr–May, Oct–NovBest months

See the guide

Salt d'aigua del torrent del Gat

Spain

—Height
—Average flow
Apr–May, Oct–NovBest months

See the guide

Salt de la Tosca

Spain

6 mHeight
0.78 m³/sAverage flow
Apr–May, Oct–NovBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q18006563) · 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.