United Kingdom 
In numbers.
Apr
Sep–Nov
Best months
78m
Elevation
The water at Eas Mòr, month by month
It roars from October to February.
The fullest months: from October to February.
- 100%Jan
- 82%Feb
- 69%Mar
- 50%Apr
- 42%May
- 38%Jun
- 41%Jul
- 50%Aug
- 60%Sep
- 77%Oct
- 85%Nov
- 96%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: April and from September to November.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall on Huisgill Burn on the Isle of Skye, in Highland, Scotland, UK
Eas Mòr is a waterfall in United Kingdom.
Getting there.
- Portreenearest town · 20 km in a straight line
- Parking 560 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Benbecula Airport (BEB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 59 km in a straight lineCar hire at INV airport (Inverness)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- April and from September to Novemberbest 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 106 m in 1.8 km. Here the river runs about 105 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 9hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmSkyewalker Hostel, Croft Bunkhouse, Skye Eco Pod and 6 more
- —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
- Portree20 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 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 8 |
| Night °C | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 170 | 123 | 119 | 82 | 96 | 96 | 112 | 129 | 134 | 159 | 151 | 168 |
| Wet days | 23 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
| Sun h/day | 0.2 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (78 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
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 | 118% | 169% | 140% | 38% | 105% | 131% | 101% | 61% | 121% | 135% | 122% | 113% |
| 2021 | 84% | 78% | 144% | 73% | 75% | 65% | 64% | 61% | 75% | 146% | 130% | 90% |
| 2022 | 88% | 153% | 40% | 129% | 166% | 108% | 92% | 67% | 71% | 115% | 128% | 86% |
| 2023 | 86% | 101% | 108% | 82% | 43% | 66% | 118% | 68% | 125% | 69% | 68% | 118% |
| 2024 | 86% | 111% | 57% | 127% | 78% | 89% | 85% | 134% | 44% | 77% | 70% | 160% |
| 2025 | 52% | 77% | 79% | 84% | 64% | 124% | 98% | 84% | 80% | 122% | 106% | 74% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Eas Mòr
United Kingdom
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr, Sep–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1876700) · 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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