Sri Lanka 
In numbers.
Oct–Jan
Best months
660m
Elevation
The water at Diyaluma Falls, month by month
It roars from November to December.
The fullest months: from November to December. The thinnest: from July to August.
- 64%Jan
- 38%Feb
- 30%Mar
- 47%Apr
- 50%May
- 33%Jun
- 20%Jul
- 19%Aug
- 34%Sep
- 68%Oct
- 100%Nov
- 97%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from October to January.
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.
- Wellawayanearest town · 7.9 km in a straight line
- Parking 670 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 51 km in a straight lineCar hire at CMB airport (Colombo)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From October to Januarybest 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 413 m in 3.5 km. Here the river runs about 83 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 5viewpointsDiyaluma Falls and 4 more
- —waymarked walking routes
- 3car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmUpper Diyaluma Falls
- —caves
- 1campsites
- 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmWhite Monkey - Dias Rest, Nature Hub Koslanda, Thotalagala Plantation House and 5 more
- 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
- Wellawaya7.9 km in a straight line
- Haputale9.6 km in a straight line
- Ella Town16 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 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 |
| Night °C | 18 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 140 | 105 | 112 | 188 | 167 | 91 | 73 | 94 | 147 | 250 | 306 | 247 |
| Wet days | 13 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 26 | 25 | 20 |
| Sun h/day | 6.5 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (660 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 | 49% | 32% | 18% | 65% | 138% | 129% | 187% | 114% | 148% | 49% | 101% | 107% |
| 2021 | 167% | 69% | 163% | 70% | 161% | 182% | 201% | 190% | 163% | 120% | 154% | 68% |
| 2022 | 95% | 141% | 80% | 183% | 139% | 125% | 196% | 213% | 51% | 141% | 111% | 111% |
| 2023 | 81% | 164% | 99% | 86% | 137% | 160% | 119% | 109% | 338% | 310% | 134% | 203% |
| 2024 | 249% | 25% | 28% | 53% | 106% | 92% | 113% | 141% | 59% | 75% | 123% | 75% |
| 2025 | 182% | 102% | 229% | 164% | 138% | 90% | 71% | 75% | 122% | 139% | 238% | 84% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Diyaluma Falls
Sri Lanka
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Oct–JanBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37549) · 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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