Kyrgyzstan 
In numbers.
Jul–Aug
Best months
4,024m
Elevation
The water at Barskoon waterfall, month by month
It roars from May to July.
The fullest months: from May to July, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from October to February. Below −4 °C on average (from October to April): the falls can partly freeze.
- 14%Jan
- 20%Feb
- 34%Mar
- 60%Apr
- 79%May
- 100%Jun
- 92%Jul
- 70%Aug
- 38%Sep
- 17%Oct
- 12%Nov
- 13%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July to August.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Barskoon waterfall is a waterfall in Kyrgyzstan.
Getting there.
- Karakol International Airport (IKG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 89 km in a straight lineCar hire at ALA airport (Almaty)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July to Augustbest 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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2 km
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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 kmЧаша Манаса
- —caves
- 3campsitesУ водопадов
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmМовилла Барскоон
- —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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | -14 | -12 | -6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5 | -1 | -8 | -13 |
| Night °C | -25 | -22 | -15 | -9 | -5 | -1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | -9 | -16 | -23 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 8 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 44 | 49 | 42 | 42 | 29 | 20 | 17 | 11 |
| Wet days | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Sun h/day | 4.4 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 17 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (4,024 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 | 62% | 182% | 127% | 128% | 186% | 134% | 97% | 194% | 168% | 83% | 132% | 94% |
| 2021 | 69% | 124% | 120% | 43% | 63% | 124% | 192% | 1,326% | 32% | 163% | 104% | 241% |
| 2022 | 77% | 95% | 264% | 61% | 335% | 85% | 81% | 120% | 69% | 117% | 261% | 30% |
| 2023 | 133% | 77% | 66% | 86% | 46% | 154% | 90% | 130% | 146% | 62% | 87% | 130% |
| 2024 | 157% | 318% | 119% | 71% | 193% | 83% | 232% | 145% | 116% | 89% | 80% | 53% |
| 2025 | 88% | 45% | 88% | 714% | 74% | 118% | 126% | 63% | 84% | 55% | 39% | 146% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Barskoon waterfall
Kyrgyzstan
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jul–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4865011) · 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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