India 
In numbers.
2.8m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul–Oct
Best months
525m
Elevation
The water at Barehipani Falls, month by month
It roars from July to September.
The fullest months: from July to September. The thinnest: from November to May.
- 0.3 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.3 m³/sMar
- 0.6 m³/sApr
- 1.6 m³/sMay
- 4.5 m³/sJun
- 8.3 m³/sJul
- 9.8 m³/sAug
- 9.2 m³/sSep
- 5.7 m³/sOct
- 2.1 m³/sNov
- 0.6 m³/sDec
From about 0.26 m³/s in the lowest month to 9.8 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July to October.
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.
Getting there.
- Jokanearest town · 19 km in a straight line
- Birsa Munda Airport (IXR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 188 km in a straight lineCar hire at CCU airport (Kolkata)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July to Octoberbest 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 385 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 78 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
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmJoranda Falls
- —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
- Joka19 km in a straight line
- Budhikhamari21 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 | 34 | 38 | 37 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 23 |
| Night °C | 9 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 15 | 20 | 26 | 53 | 118 | 235 | 332 | 324 | 275 | 138 | 17 | 10 |
| Wet days | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 6.6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (525 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 | 246% | 144% | 283% | 265% | 147% | 100% | 60% | 153% | 58% | 133% | 86% | 0% |
| 2021 | 4% | 7% | 27% | 79% | 269% | 93% | 102% | 95% | 166% | 125% | 142% | 720% |
| 2022 | 191% | 197% | 7% | 21% | 105% | 78% | 88% | 144% | 75% | 97% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 | 0% | 3% | 230% | 131% | 86% | 66% | 80% | 90% | 105% | 67% | 40% | 392% |
| 2024 | 142% | 75% | 252% | 9% | 127% | 48% | 87% | 91% | 129% | 118% | 11% | 169% |
| 2025 | 0% | 104% | 239% | 213% | 122% | 147% | 128% | 84% | 113% | 119% | 4% | 0% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Barehipani Falls
India
- —Height
- 2.8 m³/sAverage flow
- Jul–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q38797) · 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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