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Salt de la Baga Cerdana

One of the waterfalls of Spain.

When to go

Salt de la Baga Cerdana 6
Gustau Erill i Pinyot · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers.

Apr–May
Oct–Nov

Best months

510m

Elevation

The water at Salt de la Baga Cerdana, month by month

It roars from March to May and from October to November.

The fullest months: from March to May and from October to November.

  1. 61%Jan
  2. 63%Feb
  3. 85%Mar
  4. 100%Apr
  5. 91%May
  6. 53%Jun
  7. 31%Jul
  8. 30%Aug
  9. 48%Sep
  10. 87%Oct
  11. 98%Nov
  12. 67%Dec
high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to May and from October to November.

Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Salt de la Baga Cerdana is a waterfall in Spain.

Getting there.

  • Artésnearest town · 6.3 km in a straight line
  • Parking 1,990 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 54 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.

Salt de la Baga Cerdana seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Torrent de la Baga Cerdana through the falls
500 m550 mSalt de la Baga Cerdana-1 km-0.5 km0+0.5 km+1 km← upstreamdownstream →

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
−690 m+690 m

Around the falls the river drops 87 m in 2.7 km. Here the river runs about 89 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • —viewpoints
  • 7waymarked walking routesCamí Oliba, Camí de Sant Jaume (Sant Pere de Rodes - Montserrat), Camí Ral de Manresa a Vic and 4 more
  • 2car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • —picnic sites
  • —toilets
  • —information boards and visitor centres
  • —bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 km
  • —caves
  • 1campsites
  • 5hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmCasa de Colònies Mas Saiol, els Clapers, Hotel Urbisol and 2 more
  • 6restaurants 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

  • Artés6.3 km in a straight line
  • Moià6.5 km in a straight line
  • Talamanca6.7 km in a straight line
  • Granera6.9 km in a straight line
  • Santa Maria d'Oló9.1 km in a straight line
  • Avinyó10 km in a straight line
  • Navarcles11 km in a straight line
  • Castellcir11 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C111216192429313126211511
Night °C114711161818141052
Rain & snow (mm)403547565635354251675634
Wet days76810108689997
Sun h/day4.65.56.26.47.49.19.99.17.86.24.94.6
Snow on the ground (cm)1096310000159

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (510 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Salt de la Baga Cerdana 5
Gustau Erill i Pinyot · 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020290%9%147%261%133%292%213%164%151%110%292%267%
2021105%128%40%94%97%173%59%50%114%65%159%51%
202220%27%184%73%60%49%64%121%99%48%50%91%
202341%89%9%29%87%253%61%118%62%80%33%32%
202450%70%219%204%130%254%97%73%238%210%82%74%
202538%86%392%99%126%42%244%143%209%35%93%338%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Salt de la Baga Cerdana

Spain

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

Salt del Torrent de Colljovà

Spain

  • —Height
  • 0.78 m³/sAverage 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

Salt d'aigua del Tenes

Spain

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

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q18006565) · CC0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX 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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