Thailand 
In numbers.
0.03m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul–Oct
Best months
459m
Elevation
The water at Bua Tong Waterfall, month by month
It roars from August to September.
The fullest months: from August to September. The thinnest: from December to April.
- 0.0 m³/sJan
- 0.0 m³/sFeb
- 0.0 m³/sMar
- 0.0 m³/sApr
- 0.0 m³/sMay
- 0.1 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.1 m³/sOct
- 0.0 m³/sNov
- 0.0 m³/sDec
From about 0.01 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.08 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.
- Mae Taengnearest town · 15 km in a straight line
- Parking 310 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 36 km in a straight lineCar hire at CNX airport (Chiang Mai)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 96 m in 2.5 km. Here the river runs about 80 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- 2picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmน้ำตกบัวตอง, น้ำตกวังทอง
- —caves
- 1campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- 2restaurants 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
- Mae Taeng15 km in a straight line
- San Sai25 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 | 27 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Night °C | 15 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 15 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 15 | 5 | 22 | 63 | 187 | 142 | 176 | 235 | 218 | 121 | 35 | 12 |
| Wet days | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 |
| Sun h/day | 7.9 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (459 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 | 0% | — | 10% | 152% | 50% | 126% | 79% | 159% | 74% | 76% | 40% | 0% |
| 2021 | 76% | — | 24% | 230% | 64% | 101% | 119% | 94% | 122% | 146% | 86% | 7% |
| 2022 | 230% | — | 252% | 207% | 169% | 64% | 111% | 136% | 173% | 108% | 103% | 252% |
| 2023 | 2% | — | 87% | 20% | 97% | 79% | 101% | 54% | 172% | 198% | 24% | 63% |
| 2024 | 37% | — | 44% | 39% | 82% | 113% | 83% | 148% | 156% | 131% | 114% | 127% |
| 2025 | 0% | — | 18% | 140% | 166% | 85% | 166% | 97% | 109% | 86% | 523% | 43% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Bua Tong Waterfall
Thailand
- —Height
- 0.03 m³/sAverage flow
- Jul–OctBest months
Mae Sa Waterfall (Nam tok Mae Sa)
Thailand
- —Height
- 0.15 m³/sAverage flow
- Jul–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q141474237) · 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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