India 
In numbers.
12m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul–Oct
Best months
390m
Elevation
The water at Dassam Falls, month by month
It roars from July to September.
The fullest months: from July to September. The thinnest: from November to May.
- 0.6 m³/sJan
- 0.7 m³/sFeb
- 0.8 m³/sMar
- 1.2 m³/sApr
- 3.0 m³/sMay
- 15 m³/sJun
- 35 m³/sJul
- 41 m³/sAug
- 35 m³/sSep
- 18 m³/sOct
- 5.5 m³/sNov
- 1.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.59 m³/s in the lowest month to 41 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.
- Būndunearest town · 13 km in a straight line
- Parking 180 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Birsa Munda Airport (IXR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 24 km in a straight lineCar hire at CCU airport (Kolkata)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 124 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 44 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 3car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —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).
Towns nearby
- Būndu13 km in a straight line
- Khunti21 km in a straight line
- Bargāwān21 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 | 25 | 29 | 35 | 40 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 24 |
| Night °C | 8 | 12 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 9 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 14 | 17 | 23 | 36 | 78 | 223 | 368 | 334 | 245 | 92 | 8 | 10 |
| Wet days | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| Sun h/day | 6.4 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 6.2 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (390 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 | 274% | 89% | 354% | 264% | 128% | 140% | 104% | 136% | 76% | 139% | 111% | 9% |
| 2021 | 9% | 22% | 76% | 63% | 430% | 139% | 118% | 82% | 159% | 161% | 648% | 401% |
| 2022 | 232% | 251% | 5% | 12% | 141% | 73% | 62% | 156% | 90% | 133% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 | 0% | 0% | 186% | 119% | 92% | 46% | 54% | 86% | 115% | 120% | 26% | 614% |
| 2024 | 50% | 183% | 200% | 9% | 88% | 52% | 74% | 125% | 194% | 79% | 4% | 82% |
| 2025 | 0% | 84% | 199% | 131% | 183% | 240% | 131% | 79% | 93% | 87% | 4% | 0% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Dassam Falls
India
- —Height
- 12 m³/sAverage flow
- Jul–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37918) · 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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