Quietest times / Seljalandsfoss waterfall
The quietest time to visit Seljalandsfoss waterfall — measured
The road past Seljalandsfoss waterfall is quietest before 09:00 and again after 21:00, carrying under a third of its 11:00 peak — about 3.2× less traffic than mid-afternoon.
Hour by hour
Average vehicles per hour on the Ring Road at Markarfljót, through the summer. Icelandic time throughout.
| Hour | Vehicles/hour |
|---|---|
| 06:00 | 19 |
| 07:00 | 55 |
| 08:00 | 129 |
| 09:00 | 275 |
| 10:00 | 387 |
| 11:00 | 410 |
| 12:00 | 349 |
| 13:00 | 306 |
| 14:00 | 295 |
| 15:00 | 312 |
| 16:00 | 330 |
| 17:00 | 338 |
| 18:00 | 312 |
| 19:00 | 245 |
| 20:00 | 183 |
| 21:00 | 128 |
| 22:00 | 88 |
How this was measured, and what it cannot tell you
Vegagerðin counts vehicles every ten minutes at Við Markarfljót, 2 km away, on the Ring Road at Markarfljót. This page averages 242 days of those counts by hour of day.
What it cannot tell you: how many people are there. A coach is one vehicle and fifty visitors, so a road that is quiet by traffic can still have a full viewing platform. The counter is on the road, not at the site, so it sees everyone driving past — including people going somewhere else entirely. And it describes a normal summer day, not tomorrow: weather and a cruise-ship arrival both beat any average.
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