United Kingdom 
In numbers.
8.8m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr
Sep–Nov
Best months
93m
Elevation
The water at Falls of Kirkaig, month by month
It roars from October to March.
The fullest months: from October to March.
- 14 m³/sJan
- 12 m³/sFeb
- 10 m³/sMar
- 7.5 m³/sApr
- 6.2 m³/sMay
- 4.8 m³/sJun
- 5.4 m³/sJul
- 7.6 m³/sAug
- 8.7 m³/sSep
- 12 m³/sOct
- 13 m³/sNov
- 13 m³/sDec
From about 4.8 m³/s in the lowest month to 14 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: April and from September to November.
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 on the River Kirkaig in Assynt, Scotland, UK
Falls of Kirkaig is a waterfall in United Kingdom.
Getting there.
- Ullapoolnearest town · 24 km in a straight line
- Stornoway Airport (SYY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 67 km in a straight lineCar hire at INV airport (Inverness)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- April and from September to Novemberbest months to go (estimate)
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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 70 m in 2.5 km. Here the river runs about 62 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmLochinver Holiday Lodges, An Cala Cafe & Bunkhouse, The Old Bakery B&B and 5 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
- Ullapool24 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 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
| Night °C | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 137 | 107 | 104 | 83 | 100 | 102 | 117 | 130 | 120 | 135 | 124 | 131 |
| Wet days | 22 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 22 |
| Sun h/day | 0.3 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (93 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 | 91% | 192% | 95% | 44% | 112% | 140% | 100% | 55% | 108% | 155% | 102% | 115% |
| 2021 | 104% | 50% | 140% | 79% | 97% | 51% | 65% | 57% | 75% | 144% | 160% | 87% |
| 2022 | 102% | 162% | 25% | 145% | 131% | 77% | 102% | 55% | 74% | 84% | 96% | 90% |
| 2023 | 98% | 103% | 109% | 72% | 46% | 67% | 130% | 78% | 125% | 95% | 73% | 134% |
| 2024 | 87% | 106% | 66% | 115% | 71% | 124% | 104% | 106% | 59% | 69% | 71% | 182% |
| 2025 | 66% | 54% | 73% | 54% | 68% | 112% | 95% | 71% | 72% | 133% | 116% | 62% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Falls of Kirkaig
United Kingdom
- —Height
- 8.8 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr, Sep–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1878754) · 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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