South Korea 
In numbers.
Jul–Oct
Best months
327m
Elevation
The water at Biryong Falls, month by month
It roars from July to September.
The fullest months: from July to September. The thinnest: from December to March.
- 7%Jan
- 11%Feb
- 18%Mar
- 29%Apr
- 26%May
- 29%Jun
- 87%Jul
- 100%Aug
- 83%Sep
- 47%Oct
- 29%Nov
- 13%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July to October.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Gangwon-do, South Korea
Biryong Falls is a waterfall in South Korea.
Getting there.
- Sokchonearest town · 9.6 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,150 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Yangyang International Airport (YNY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 19 km in a straight lineCar hire at GMP airport (Seoul)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July to Octoberbest 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 177 m in 1.5 km. Here the river runs about 190 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 8viewpoints신흥교, 권금성, 토왕성폭포 전망대 and 5 more
- 3waymarked walking routes
- 11car parks
- —swimming spots
- 5picnic sites
- 12toilets
- 35information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 5other named waterfalls within 4 km토왕성폭포, 오련폭포, 천당폭포 and 2 more
- —caves
- 2campsites설악동야영장, 속초밤하늘글램핑
- 40hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km설악파인리조트, 금호설악리조트, 연호설악콘도미니엄 and 37 more
- 21restaurants 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
- Sokcho9.6 km in a straight line
- Toseong12 km in a straight line
- Kosong24 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 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 3 |
| Night °C | -4 | -3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 31 | 44 | 49 | 84 | 80 | 118 | 345 | 284 | 196 | 91 | 70 | 33 |
| Wet days | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| Sun h/day | 5.2 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (327 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 | 324% | 145% | 63% | 49% | 178% | 161% | 168% | 145% | 269% | 6% | 29% | 5% |
| 2021 | 44% | 5% | 236% | 116% | 202% | 68% | 53% | 130% | 95% | 195% | 57% | 113% |
| 2022 | 12% | 12% | 211% | 64% | 16% | 245% | 86% | 111% | 80% | 231% | 67% | 7% |
| 2023 | 185% | 42% | 23% | 41% | 151% | 103% | 59% | 136% | 144% | 50% | 67% | 465% |
| 2024 | 87% | 307% | 116% | 47% | 149% | 65% | 121% | 65% | 270% | 167% | 36% | 23% |
| 2025 | 39% | 4% | 231% | 88% | 92% | 86% | 53% | 49% | 186% | 523% | 35% | 48% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Biryong Falls
South Korea
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jul–OctBest months
Pocheon Hantan River Basalt Gorge and Bidulginan Waterfall
South Korea
- —Height
- 0.15 m³/sAverage flow
- Jul–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q54564818) · 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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