Taiwan 
In numbers.
0.77m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
878m
Elevation
The water at Baiyang Waterfall, month by month
It roars from June to September.
The fullest months: from June to September. The thinnest: from December to March.
- 0.3 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.4 m³/sMar
- 0.4 m³/sApr
- 0.8 m³/sMay
- 1.1 m³/sJun
- 1.0 m³/sJul
- 1.2 m³/sAug
- 1.3 m³/sSep
- 0.8 m³/sOct
- 0.6 m³/sNov
- 0.4 m³/sDec
From about 0.31 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.3 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Baiyang Waterfall is a waterfall in Taiwan.
Getting there.
- Xiulinnearest town · 17 km in a straight line
- Parking 2,170 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Hualien Chiashan Airport (HUN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 22 km in a straight lineCar hire in TaipeiDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest months to go (estimate)
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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 721 m in 2.3 km.
What is around.
- 2viewpoints觀景平台
- 2waymarked walking routes白楊步道, 豁然亭步道
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 km白楊瀑布
- —caves
- 7campsites合流營地, 乾水池營地, 廣寒宮 and 4 more
- 5hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km谷園山莊, 天祥青年活動中心, 大理石營地避難山屋 and 2 more
- 6restaurants 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
- Xiulin17 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 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 19 |
| Night °C | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 11 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 75 | 69 | 99 | 114 | 261 | 295 | 210 | 327 | 287 | 130 | 106 | 72 |
| Wet days | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (878 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 | 57% | 50% | 163% | 66% | 186% | 44% | 52% | 110% | 44% | 34% | 55% | 145% |
| 2021 | 33% | 75% | 46% | 33% | 59% | 180% | 121% | 177% | 39% | 174% | 58% | 80% |
| 2022 | 133% | 216% | 135% | 44% | 130% | 43% | 46% | 27% | 52% | 125% | 110% | 69% |
| 2023 | 47% | 45% | 38% | 81% | 46% | 58% | 52% | 76% | 64% | 69% | 13% | 71% |
| 2024 | 41% | 44% | 29% | 139% | 42% | 43% | 101% | 42% | 77% | 263% | 76% | 44% |
| 2025 | 57% | 127% | 209% | 182% | 117% | 79% | 356% | 57% | 44% | 200% | 207% | 175% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Baiyang Waterfall
Taiwan
- —Height
- 0.77 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q15909389) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| 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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