Australia 
In numbers.
26m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jan–Apr
Best months
289m
Elevation
The water at Barron Falls, month by month
It roars from February to March.
The fullest months: from February to March. The thinnest: from June to December.
- 55 m³/sJan
- 79 m³/sFeb
- 87 m³/sMar
- 58 m³/sApr
- 30 m³/sMay
- 14 m³/sJun
- 7.9 m³/sJul
- 4.3 m³/sAug
- 2.9 m³/sSep
- 4.9 m³/sOct
- 8.5 m³/sNov
- 22 m³/sDec
From about 2.9 m³/s in the lowest month to 87 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from January to April.
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.
- Kurandanearest town · 1.7 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,320 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Cairns International Airport (CNS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 12 km in a straight lineCar hire at CNS airport (Cairns)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From January to Aprilbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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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 235 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 73 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 6viewpointsWright's Lookout, View of Jumrum Creek, Forwards Lookout and 3 more
- 3waymarked walking routesEsplanade Walk, Jungle Walk, Jum Rum Walk
- 8car parks
- —swimming spots
- 6picnic sites
- 7toilets
- 7information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmSurprise Creek Waterfalls
- —caves
- 5campsitesKuranda Rainforest Accommodation Park, Speewah Campground, The Billabong Kuranda and 2 more
- 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmBellevue at Trininty Beach, Vue Trinity Beach, Blue Lagoon Resort and 5 more
- 18restaurants 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
- Kuranda1.7 km in a straight line
- Caravonica5.7 km in a straight line
- Kewarra Beach7.3 km in a straight line
- Trinity Park7.3 km in a straight line
- Kamerunga7.5 km in a straight line
- Trinity Beach7.6 km in a straight line
- Clifton Beach8.5 km in a straight line
- Yorkeys Knob8.9 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 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 30 |
| Night °C | 23 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 22 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 352 | 392 | 392 | 191 | 103 | 63 | 53 | 31 | 31 | 62 | 86 | 180 |
| Wet days | 24 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 18 |
| Sun h/day | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (289 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 | 82% | 60% | 33% | 35% | 102% | 39% | 45% | 25% | 108% | 7% | 36% | 98% |
| 2021 | 144% | 69% | 47% | 187% | 37% | 70% | 60% | 112% | 60% | 11% | 106% | 79% |
| 2022 | 94% | 32% | 64% | 156% | 105% | 39% | 158% | 68% | 51% | 123% | 113% | 124% |
| 2023 | 114% | 93% | 67% | 47% | 25% | 58% | 154% | 176% | 103% | 31% | 11% | 231% |
| 2024 | 70% | 63% | 105% | 81% | 63% | 25% | 60% | 96% | 49% | 24% | 33% | 174% |
| 2025 | 68% | 80% | 106% | 23% | 61% | 18% | 25% | 20% | 326% | 76% | 62% | 134% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Barron Falls
Australia
- —Height
- 26 m³/sAverage flow
- Jan–AprBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q38531) · 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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