Nepal 
In numbers.
8.4m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul–Oct
Best months
777m
Elevation
The water at Davis Falls, month by month
It roars from July to September.
The fullest months: from July to September. The thinnest: from November to May.
- 1.1 m³/sJan
- 1.4 m³/sFeb
- 1.6 m³/sMar
- 1.8 m³/sApr
- 4.1 m³/sMay
- 13 m³/sJun
- 28 m³/sJul
- 28 m³/sAug
- 22 m³/sSep
- 10 m³/sOct
- 3.6 m³/sNov
- 1.2 m³/sDec
From about 1.1 m³/s in the lowest month to 28 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.
- Pokharanearest town · 8.6 km in a straight line
- Parking 290 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Pokhara Domestic Airport (PKR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 2 km in a straight lineCar hire at KTM airport (Kathmandu)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July to Octoberbest 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 27 m in 1.5 km.
What is around.
- 11viewpointsview to pokhara (Tiju ko Chautara), म्यें खोला and 9 more
- —waymarked walking routes
- 7car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 12toilets
- 15information boards and visitor centres
- 1bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 1caves
- 12campsitesOverlander Camping, Sedi Camping side, seasonal paragliding landing spot and 9 more
- 770hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmRockland Hotel, The Lakeside Retreat - Pokhara, Lonely View Lodge and 767 more
- 607restaurants 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
- Pokhara8.6 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 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 20 |
| Night °C | 9 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 11 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 16 | 23 | 27 | 38 | 103 | 245 | 416 | 306 | 220 | 69 | 3 | 6 |
| Wet days | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (777 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 | 375% | 179% | 234% | 311% | 200% | 171% | 149% | 44% | 102% | 5% | — | 29% |
| 2021 | 10% | 27% | 117% | 75% | 330% | 231% | 152% | 262% | 151% | 371% | — | 796% |
| 2022 | 91% | 220% | 51% | 159% | 176% | 135% | 80% | 181% | 186% | 387% | — | 5% |
| 2023 | 17% | 54% | 262% | 115% | 110% | 77% | 131% | 177% | 96% | 226% | — | 39% |
| 2024 | 0% | 27% | 140% | 2% | 107% | 154% | 218% | 91% | 165% | 86% | — | 0% |
| 2025 | 2% | 31% | 42% | 265% | 244% | 139% | 77% | 139% | 179% | 227% | — | 5% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Davis Falls
Nepal
- —Height
- 8.4 m³/sAverage flow
- Jul–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37724) · 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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