Faroe Islands 
In numbers.
Aug–Oct
Best months
58m
Elevation
The water at Svartafoss, month by month
It roars from October to February.
The fullest months: from October to February.
- 100%Jan
- 82%Feb
- 71%Mar
- 60%Apr
- 49%May
- 37%Jun
- 38%Jul
- 46%Aug
- 62%Sep
- 78%Oct
- 88%Nov
- 99%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from August to October.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Svartafoss is a waterfall in Faroe Islands.
Getting there.
- Hoyvíknearest town · 0.9 km in a straight line
- Parking 80 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Vágar Airport (FAE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 26 km in a straight lineCar hire at FAE airport (Vágar)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From August to Octoberbest 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.
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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 128 m in 3.6 km.
What is around.
- 3viewpointsVesturvarði
- —waymarked walking routes
- 378car parks
- —swimming spots
- 45picnic sites
- 6toilets
- 4information boards and visitor centres
- 60bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 kmVillingafossur
- 2caves
- 4campsitesTórshavn Camping, Kamping Æduvík, Tórshavnar Camping and 1 more
- 15hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmBládýpi, Hotel Hafnia, Hanusarstova and 12 more
- 34restaurants 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
- Hoyvík0.9 km in a straight line
- Tórshavn1.9 km in a straight line
- Argir3.4 km in a straight line
- Við Sjógv10 km in a straight line
- Saltangará11 km in a straight line
- Skopun15 km in a straight line
- Sandavágur20 km in a straight line
- Sandur20 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 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Night °C | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 123 | 96 | 95 | 76 | 72 | 68 | 82 | 96 | 110 | 118 | 117 | 130 |
| Wet days | 22 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 23 |
| Sun h/day | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (58 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 | 125% | 147% | 92% | 92% | 66% | 64% | 107% | 50% | 104% | 98% | 100% | 119% |
| 2021 | 61% | 86% | 87% | 100% | 51% | 111% | 60% | 46% | 122% | 117% | 126% | 88% |
| 2022 | 109% | 183% | 92% | 91% | 108% | 123% | 130% | 83% | 84% | 99% | 104% | 150% |
| 2023 | 100% | 127% | 140% | 77% | 50% | 94% | 78% | 83% | 151% | 78% | 48% | 94% |
| 2024 | 134% | 102% | 117% | 134% | 102% | 151% | 68% | 156% | 69% | 144% | 116% | 93% |
| 2025 | 84% | 108% | 136% | 65% | 136% | 139% | 73% | 67% | 80% | 135% | 97% | 88% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Svartafoss
Faroe Islands
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Aug–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q26883240) · 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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