India 
In numbers.
Jul–Sep
Best months
576m
Elevation
The water at Amritdhara falls, month by month
It roars from August to September.
The fullest months: from August to September. The thinnest: from November to June.
- 2%Jan
- 2%Feb
- 2%Mar
- 2%Apr
- 2%May
- 24%Jun
- 73%Jul
- 100%Aug
- 79%Sep
- 35%Oct
- 9%Nov
- 1%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July 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.
- Chirmirinearest town · 16 km in a straight line
- Maa Mahamaya Airport (AHA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 97 km in a straight lineCar hire at CCU airport (Kolkata)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July 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.
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 41 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 31 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —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
- Chirmiri16 km in a straight line
- Manendragarh18 km in a straight line
- Jhagrakhand20 km in a straight line
- Shivpur Charcha21 km in a straight line
- Nai-Ledri21 km in a straight line
- Khongapani23 km in a straight line
- Bijuri23 km in a straight line
- Dola23 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 | 24 | 28 | 33 | 38 | 41 | 36 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 24 |
| Night °C | 8 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 9 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 20 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 30 | 167 | 309 | 318 | 195 | 57 | 7 | 7 |
| Wet days | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Sun h/day | 7.4 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.2 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (576 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 | 229% | 182% | 284% | 224% | 184% | 183% | 86% | 118% | 62% | 137% | 174% | 159% |
| 2021 | 26% | 72% | 22% | 16% | 406% | 192% | 91% | 66% | 99% | 48% | 39% | 351% |
| 2022 | 151% | 161% | 0% | 0% | 150% | 102% | 76% | 125% | 107% | 172% | 0% | 8% |
| 2023 | 2% | 0% | 203% | 195% | 216% | 95% | 76% | 94% | 128% | 73% | 183% | 427% |
| 2024 | 42% | 104% | 142% | 57% | 47% | 102% | 91% | 178% | 88% | 15% | 0% | 222% |
| 2025 | 2% | 0% | 31% | 62% | 231% | 103% | 188% | 96% | 90% | 216% | 70% | 0% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Amritdhara falls
India
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jul–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q27929620) · 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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