
In numbers.
Jun–Sep
Best months
711m
Elevation
The water at Amboli, month by month
It roars from July to August.
The fullest months: from July to August. The thinnest: from November to May.
- 0%Jan
- 0%Feb
- 0%Mar
- 0%Apr
- 3%May
- 60%Jun
- 100%Jul
- 95%Aug
- 63%Sep
- 31%Oct
- 9%Nov
- 2%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Sāvantvādinearest town · 20 km in a straight line
- Manohar International Airport (GOX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 28 km in a straight lineCar hire in GoaDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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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.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmAmboli Waterfall
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —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
- Sāvantvādi20 km in a straight line
- Banda22 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 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| Night °C | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 15 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 78 | 613 | 712 | 526 | 305 | 138 | 22 | 3 |
| Wet days | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 8.9 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 8.3 | 8.5 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (711 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 | — | — | 123% | 174% | 59% | 125% | 128% | 169% | 187% | 193% | 0% | — |
| 2021 | — | — | 27% | 221% | 482% | 126% | 167% | 45% | 122% | 118% | 545% | — |
| 2022 | — | — | 92% | 333% | 73% | 100% | 115% | 96% | 108% | 129% | 5% | — |
| 2023 | — | — | 4% | 72% | 36% | 62% | 176% | 36% | 133% | 55% | 177% | — |
| 2024 | — | — | 4% | 372% | 88% | 105% | 234% | 117% | 106% | 349% | 61% | — |
| 2025 | — | — | 197% | 202% | 658% | 110% | 94% | 120% | 73% | 234% | 109% | — |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4716000) · 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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