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Dago Waterfall

A 12 m drop.

When to go

Curug Dago
Pijri Paijar · CC BY-SA 4.0

In numbers.

12m

Height

OpenStreetMap

5.0m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Jan–Apr

Best months

587kW

Water power

estimate

The water at Dago Waterfall, month by month

It roars from December to April.

The fullest months: from December to April. The thinnest: from July to September.

  1. 8.4 m³/sJan
  2. 9.3 m³/sFeb
  3. 9.1 m³/sMar
  4. 8.0 m³/sApr
  5. 5.7 m³/sMay
  6. 3.6 m³/sJun
  7. 2.4 m³/sJul
  8. 1.7 m³/sAug
  9. 1.9 m³/sSep
  10. 3.5 m³/sOct
  11. 6.0 m³/sNov
  12. 7.6 m³/sDec
high water best months to go

From about 1.7 m³/s in the lowest month to 9.3 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.

Waterfall in Bandung, Indonesia

Dago Waterfall is a waterfall in Indonesia. The water falls 12 m.

Getting there.

  • Lembangnearest town · 6.0 km in a straight line
  • Parking 370 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Husein Sastranegara International Airport (BDO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 6 km in a straight lineCar hire at CGK airport (Jakarta)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • From January to Aprilbest months to go (estimate)

Plan your visit

Stay, explore and get there

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How big is it?

How big it really is.

12 mDagoWaterfall1.8 ma person9.0 ma house56 mTower of Pisa

Height of the drop as mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.

587 kW

About 5.0 m³/s falling 12 m: the power of the water as it drops.

  • enough to power about 147 homes, if it were all turned into electricity

Power of falling water = density × gravity × flow × height. Average flow and height as shown above; an estimate.

Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Dago Waterfall seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Ci Kapundung through the falls
800 m850 mDago Waterfall-1.5 km-1 km-0.5 km0+0.5 km← upstreamdownstream →

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.

The valley below the falls
−690 m+690 m

Around the falls the river drops 93 m in 2.2 km. Here the river runs about 56 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • —viewpoints
  • —waymarked walking routes
  • 45car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • —picnic sites
  • 2toilets
  • —information boards and visitor centres
  • 5bus stops within 1 km
  • 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmCurug Lalay, Curug Sigay, Curug Cikendi
  • 1caves
  • 1campsitesEco Pesantren 2 Camping Ground
  • 348hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHotel Sukajadi, Imperium, Topaz and 345 more
  • 401restaurants 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

  • Lembang6.0 km in a straight line
  • Bandung6.4 km in a straight line
  • Cimahi8.4 km in a straight line
  • Margahayukencana13 km in a straight line
  • Padalarang16 km in a straight line
  • Cileunyi17 km in a straight line
  • Pameungpeuk17 km in a straight line
  • Banjaran20 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C252525262625252627272626
Night °C191919191918171617181919
Rain & snow (mm)337365338285178103754489181294316
Wet days28262826211410812202528
Sun h/day4.43.95.46.16.77.07.58.07.86.75.64.8

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (822 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020124%173%179%126%281%155%138%130%220%249%120%101%
2021102%125%180%75%115%251%101%259%189%163%154%118%
202265%68%90%127%141%206%268%314%338%236%141%109%
202350%98%98%94%126%144%103%43%8%29%122%81%
2024177%125%122%112%72%214%410%181%369%46%181%104%
2025136%79%76%77%164%281%220%618%285%189%75%76%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Dago Waterfall

Indonesia

  • 12 mHeight
  • 5.0 m³/sAverage flow
  • Jan–AprBest months

Maribaya Waterfall

Indonesia

  • —Height
  • 2.6 m³/sAverage flow
  • Jan–AprBest months

See the guide

Cimahi Waterfall

Indonesia

  • —Height
  • 2.6 m³/sAverage flow
  • Jan–AprBest months

See the guide

Curug Panganten

Indonesia

  • —Height
  • 2.6 m³/sAverage flow
  • Jan–AprBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q2192810) · CC0
Height of the drop© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
River flow and catchmentHydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX 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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