Thailand 
In numbers.
1.7m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul–Oct
Best months
341m
Elevation
The water at Erawan waterfall, month by month
It roars from July to October.
The fullest months: from July to October. The thinnest: from December to April.
- 0.3 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.5 m³/sMar
- 0.7 m³/sApr
- 1.8 m³/sMay
- 2.5 m³/sJun
- 3.4 m³/sJul
- 3.7 m³/sAug
- 4.1 m³/sSep
- 3.5 m³/sOct
- 1.6 m³/sNov
- 0.6 m³/sDec
From about 0.30 m³/s in the lowest month to 4.1 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.
Waterfall in Thailand
Erawan waterfall is a waterfall in Thailand.
Getting there.
- Parking 1,410 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Dawei Airport (TVY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 105 km in a straight lineCar hire at DMK airport (Bangkok)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 265 m in 1.8 km.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 4car parks
- —swimming spots
- 2picnic sites
- 8toilets
- 3information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 6other named waterfalls within 4 kmชั้นที่๔ "อกผีเสื้อ", ชั้นที่๑ "ไหลคืนรัง", ชั้นที่๓ "ผาน้ำตก" and 3 more
- —caves
- 2campsitesHilltop Erawan, Camping Site
- 23hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmKhwae Yai Hilton Park Resort, สวนดวงมณีรีสอร์ท, The Erawan Lake Resort and 20 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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 29 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 |
| Night °C | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 17 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 9 | 11 | 47 | 73 | 171 | 179 | 230 | 224 | 244 | 185 | 33 | 6 |
| Wet days | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 7.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (341 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 | 6% | 8% | 25% | 125% | 58% | 89% | 85% | 90% | 149% | 236% | 132% | 5% |
| 2021 | 0% | 107% | 81% | 248% | 83% | 79% | 163% | 99% | 148% | 152% | 88% | 38% |
| 2022 | 87% | 878% | 228% | 152% | 161% | 90% | 85% | 127% | 133% | 144% | 174% | 43% |
| 2023 | 0% | 315% | 7% | 19% | 58% | 81% | 142% | 117% | 120% | 139% | 166% | 114% |
| 2024 | 46% | 5% | 53% | 13% | 123% | 100% | 160% | 90% | 92% | 134% | 83% | 14% |
| 2025 | 0% | 133% | 41% | 193% | 156% | 74% | 100% | 56% | 122% | 90% | 355% | 29% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Erawan waterfall
Thailand
- —Height
- 1.7 m³/sAverage flow
- Jul–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q10825651) · 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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