China 
In numbers.
Jun–Sep
Best months
74m
Elevation
The water at Bride's Pool, month by month
It roars from June to August.
The fullest months: from June to August. The thinnest: from November to March.
- 7%Jan
- 6%Feb
- 15%Mar
- 27%Apr
- 61%May
- 100%Jun
- 83%Jul
- 82%Aug
- 66%Sep
- 31%Oct
- 12%Nov
- 5%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Tai Mei Tuknearest town · 3.2 km in a straight line
- Parking 130 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 39 km in a straight line
- From June to Septemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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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 56 m in 1.8 km. Here the river runs about 56 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpoints烏蛟騰郊遊徑觀景台 Wu Kau Tang Country Trail Viewing Point
- 7waymarked walking routes烏蛟騰郊遊徑 Wu Kau Tang Country Trail, 船灣淡水湖郊遊徑 Plover Cove Reservoir Country Trail, 八仙嶺自然教育徑 Pat Sin Leng Nature Trail and 4 more
- 10car parks
- —swimming spots
- 8picnic sites
- 7toilets
- 11information boards and visitor centres
- 6bus stops within 1 km
- 8other named waterfalls within 4 km橫瀑, 龍珠瀑 Dragon Ball Waterfall, 烏龜潭 and 5 more
- —caves
- 5campsites涌背露營場地 Chung Pui Camp Site, 降下坳營地 Kong Ha Au Campsite, 禾田喜山種值園 and 2 more
- 5hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km白普理賽馬會青年旅舍 Bradbury Jockey Club Youth Hostel, 誠信堂, 洞梓渡假屋 HKPF Tung Tsz Holiday Home and 2 more
- 1restaurants 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
- Tai Mei Tuk3.2 km in a straight line
- Ting Kok3.8 km in a straight line
- Shuen Wan4.9 km in a straight line
- Sha Tau Kok4.9 km in a straight line
- Wu Kai Sha8.1 km in a straight line
- Che Ha8.5 km in a straight line
- Lee On8.6 km in a straight line
- Tai Yuen Estate8.7 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 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 21 |
| Night °C | 12 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 13 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 36 | 29 | 72 | 104 | 210 | 282 | 185 | 218 | 160 | 49 | 30 | 25 |
| Wet days | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Sun h/day | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (74 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 | 67% | 263% | 154% | 102% | 184% | 92% | 39% | 173% | 223% | 118% | 10% | 12% |
| 2021 | 2% | 249% | 43% | 39% | 48% | 109% | 142% | 138% | 70% | 297% | 36% | 172% |
| 2022 | 52% | 635% | 235% | 38% | 221% | 132% | 96% | 170% | 41% | 74% | 671% | 150% |
| 2023 | 103% | 36% | 181% | 112% | 82% | 149% | 115% | 102% | 311% | 352% | 26% | 21% |
| 2024 | 27% | 55% | 97% | 343% | 193% | 117% | 166% | 191% | 174% | 19% | 524% | 4% |
| 2025 | 20% | 51% | 97% | 153% | 74% | 109% | 184% | 247% | 236% | 95% | 22% | 62% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Bride's Pool
China
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4966101) · 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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