United Kingdom 
In numbers.
6.3m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr
Aug–Oct
Best months
138m
Elevation
The water at Falls of Lochay, month by month
It roars from October to March.
The fullest months: from October to March.
- 9.9 m³/sJan
- 7.8 m³/sFeb
- 5.9 m³/sMar
- 3.9 m³/sApr
- 3.3 m³/sMay
- 3.0 m³/sJun
- 3.4 m³/sJul
- 5.3 m³/sAug
- 4.7 m³/sSep
- 7.6 m³/sOct
- 8.5 m³/sNov
- 8.4 m³/sDec
From about 3.0 m³/s in the lowest month to 9.9 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: April and from August 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 Stirling, Scotland, UK
Falls of Lochay is a waterfall in United Kingdom.
Getting there.
- Parking 350 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Glasgow Airport (GLA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 68 km in a straight lineCar hire at GLA airport (Glasgow)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- April and from August to Octoberbest 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 29 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 80 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 1waymarked walking routesGlenknock to Killin
- 3car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmFalls of Dochart
- —caves
- 2campsitesHigh Creagan Caravan Park, Maragowan Caravan Site
- 20hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmCoach House Hotel, Killin Hotel, The Old Smiddy and 17 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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 5 |
| Night °C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 154 | 116 | 106 | 87 | 107 | 120 | 133 | 151 | 118 | 155 | 146 | 144 |
| Wet days | 22 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 |
| Sun h/day | 0.3 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 14 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (138 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 | 108% | 211% | 106% | 43% | 69% | 108% | 104% | 93% | 88% | 143% | 124% | 111% |
| 2021 | 61% | 140% | 124% | 36% | 106% | 48% | 75% | 76% | 76% | 117% | 76% | 89% |
| 2022 | 66% | 156% | 61% | 76% | 118% | 83% | 78% | 62% | 92% | 122% | 132% | 82% |
| 2023 | 88% | 70% | 122% | 95% | 41% | 60% | 137% | 63% | 117% | 103% | 79% | 114% |
| 2024 | 88% | 104% | 110% | 165% | 90% | 65% | 76% | 117% | 47% | 66% | 44% | 120% |
| 2025 | 51% | 93% | 61% | 55% | 63% | 94% | 68% | 62% | 87% | 93% | 115% | 101% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Falls of Lochay
United Kingdom
- —Height
- 6.3 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr, Aug–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q5432527) · 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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