Philippines 
In numbers.
Jun–Aug
Oct
Best months
1,062m
Elevation
The water at Epol Falls, month by month
It roars from June to October.
The fullest months: from June to October.
- 55%Jan
- 42%Feb
- 34%Mar
- 32%Apr
- 56%May
- 90%Jun
- 100%Jul
- 88%Aug
- 84%Sep
- 89%Oct
- 68%Nov
- 58%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to August and October.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Marilog District, Davao City
Epol Falls is a waterfall in Philippines.
Getting there.
- Simodnearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,620 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Francisco Bangoy International Airport (DVO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 58 km in a straight lineCar hire at DVO airport (Davao)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to August and 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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2 km
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 149 m in 1.4 km.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 3car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmNanilungan Falls, Kwagsik Falls, Osambak Falls
- —caves
- 3campsitesCamp Box, Amigo Campsite
- 40hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmLawi-Lawi Cottages, Enrico's Apartelle, Casa Verde and 37 more
- 13restaurants 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
- Simod12 km in a straight line
- Dalorong19 km in a straight line
- Kitobo20 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Night °C | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 164 | 110 | 109 | 115 | 208 | 283 | 265 | 218 | 227 | 249 | 159 | 165 |
| Wet days | 18 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 20 |
| Sun h/day | 4.9 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 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 (1,062 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 | 50% | 34% | 57% | 44% | 89% | 201% | 91% | 127% | 71% | 146% | 125% | 144% |
| 2021 | 151% | 222% | 109% | 185% | 173% | 70% | 121% | 82% | 134% | 106% | 126% | 117% |
| 2022 | 51% | 123% | 143% | 343% | 121% | 64% | 110% | 103% | 62% | 107% | 78% | 136% |
| 2023 | 134% | 156% | 85% | 138% | 113% | 99% | 74% | 91% | 129% | 81% | 81% | 63% |
| 2024 | 135% | 103% | 21% | 42% | 56% | 111% | 155% | 89% | 75% | 96% | 119% | 115% |
| 2025 | 86% | 104% | 178% | 92% | 141% | 110% | 76% | 144% | 113% | 84% | 99% | 63% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Epol Falls
Philippines
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–Aug, OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q5383798) · 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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