Portugal 
In numbers.
110m
Height
Dec–Mar
Best months
110m
Elevation
The water at Véu da Noiva Falls, month by month
It roars from November to March.
The fullest months: from November to March. The thinnest: from June to September.
- 80%Jan
- 84%Feb
- 84%Mar
- 58%Apr
- 28%May
- 10%Jun
- 3%Jul
- 2%Aug
- 10%Sep
- 44%Oct
- 78%Nov
- 100%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from December to March.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Madeira, Portugal
Véu da Noiva Falls is a waterfall in Portugal. The water falls 110 m.
Getting there.
- São Vicentenearest town · 4.8 km in a straight line
- Parking 530 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport (FNC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 32 km in a straight lineCar hire at FNC airport (Funchal)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From December to Marchbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.
How big is it?
How big it really is.
Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.
Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
N
2 km
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 675 m in 1.8 km.
What is around.
- 7viewpointsClube Naval do Seixal, Véu da Noiva, Ponta do Poiso and 4 more
- 2waymarked walking routesTerra Chã, Caminho dos Pessegueiros
- 20car parks
- —swimming spots
- 4picnic sites
- 5toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 7other named waterfalls within 4 kmAgua D'alto, Córrego da Pedra, Córrego da Furna and 4 more
- —caves
- 6campsitesCaramujo, Estanquinhos, Fanal and 3 more
- 21hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmCasa das Videiras, SolMar, Solar do Carvalho and 18 more
- 10restaurants 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
- São Vicente4.8 km in a straight line
- Porto Moniz9.2 km in a straight line
- Boaventura11 km in a straight line
- Estreito da Calheta12 km in a straight line
- Arco da Calheta12 km in a straight line
- Calheta13 km in a straight line
- Canhas14 km in a straight line
- Ponta do Sol15 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 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 18 |
| Night °C | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 17 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 32 | 38 | 40 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 38 | 43 | 45 |
| Wet days | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | 4.8 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (110 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 | 16% | 35% | 21% | 80% | 55% | 219% | — | 37% | 130% | 76% | 88% | 50% |
| 2021 | 249% | 37% | 78% | 36% | 53% | 154% | — | 68% | 65% | 7% | 44% | 73% |
| 2022 | 94% | 79% | 62% | 91% | 53% | 19% | — | 120% | 117% | 138% | 20% | 102% |
| 2023 | 16% | 64% | 15% | 9% | 14% | 246% | — | 110% | 58% | 176% | 50% | 52% |
| 2024 | 113% | 72% | 54% | 33% | 57% | 115% | — | 53% | 15% | 48% | 141% | 123% |
| 2025 | 56% | 58% | 58% | 50% | 96% | 54% | — | 173% | 107% | 96% | 61% | 118% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Véu da Noiva Falls
Portugal
- 110 mHeight
- —Average flow
- Dec–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q17294134) · 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.
The family
Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?
Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, month by month, in seven languages.
beaches
Find your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit 
lakes
Every lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Coming soonVisit 
mountains
Every summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit 
waterfalls
Every waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.You are here
islands
Every island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit 
rivers
Every river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit 
canyons
Every canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit 
caves
Every cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Coming soonVisit 
dark skies
Where the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Coming soonVisit 
viewpoints
Every viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit 
birdwatching
Every bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Coming soonVisit 
forests
Every forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Coming soonVisit