Iceland 
In numbers.
0.13m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Sep
Best months
238m
Elevation
The water at Snekkjufoss, month by month
It roars from October to March.
The fullest months: from October to March.
- 0.3 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.2 m³/sMar
- 0.2 m³/sApr
- 0.1 m³/sMay
- 0.1 m³/sJun
- 0.0 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.2 m³/sSep
- 0.2 m³/sOct
- 0.2 m³/sNov
- 0.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.03 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.28 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: September.
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.
Waterfall in Iceland
Snekkjufoss is a waterfall in Iceland.
Getting there.
- Ólafsvíknearest town · 6.9 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,260 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Keflavik International Airport (KEF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 114 km in a straight lineCar hire at KEF airport (Reykjavík)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- Septemberbest 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 228 m in 2.7 km.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 4car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmKlukkufoss, Kerlingarfoss, Svöðufoss
- —caves
- 1campsitesTjaldsvæðið á Hellissandi
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmAdventure Hotel Hellissandur
- —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
- Ólafsvík6.9 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Night °C | -1 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 142 | 128 | 124 | 98 | 78 | 59 | 72 | 100 | 143 | 119 | 125 | 147 |
| Wet days | 21 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 |
| Sun h/day | 0.0 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (238 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
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 | 120% | 102% | 120% | 104% | 125% | 151% | 79% | 133% | 100% | 95% | 100% | 88% |
| 2021 | 68% | 80% | 108% | 134% | 43% | 158% | 153% | 109% | 157% | 110% | 117% | 62% |
| 2022 | 132% | 118% | 143% | 111% | 104% | 131% | 166% | 108% | 67% | 62% | 71% | 44% |
| 2023 | 88% | 174% | 33% | 101% | 193% | 176% | 29% | 76% | 73% | 100% | 43% | 70% |
| 2024 | 104% | 58% | 82% | 95% | 177% | 114% | 224% | 121% | 67% | 82% | 120% | 126% |
| 2025 | 94% | 120% | 140% | 73% | 91% | 96% | 133% | 129% | 88% | 77% | 41% | 86% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Snekkjufoss
Iceland
- —Height
- 0.13 m³/sAverage flow
- SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q2137706) · 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.
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