United Kingdom 
In numbers.
95m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr
Sep–Nov
Best months
0m
Elevation
The water at Falls of Lora, month by month
It roars from October to February.
The fullest months: from October to February.
- 147 m³/sJan
- 117 m³/sFeb
- 95 m³/sMar
- 63 m³/sApr
- 53 m³/sMay
- 46 m³/sJun
- 51 m³/sJul
- 69 m³/sAug
- 79 m³/sSep
- 109 m³/sOct
- 124 m³/sNov
- 140 m³/sDec
From about 46 m³/s in the lowest month to 147 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 in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Falls of Lora is a waterfall in United Kingdom.
Getting there.
- Obannearest town · 6.9 km in a straight line
- Parking 330 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Glasgow Airport (GLA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 88 km in a straight lineCar hire at GLA airport (Glasgow)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- April and from September to Novemberbest 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 9 m in 1.8 km.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 5car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- 2information boards and visitor centres
- 8bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 5campsitesNorth Ledaig Caravan Site, Elderberry Holiday Park, Highfield and 2 more
- 94hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmKings Knoll, N°17 The promenade, Witchwood house and 91 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).
Towns nearby
- Oban6.9 km in a straight line
- Isle Of Mull24 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 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
| Night °C | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 200 | 144 | 133 | 94 | 116 | 118 | 136 | 158 | 151 | 185 | 180 | 197 |
| Wet days | 23 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
| 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) | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (0 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 | 121% | 194% | 129% | 40% | 90% | 115% | 105% | 87% | 110% | 144% | 140% | 92% |
| 2021 | 60% | 97% | 153% | 48% | 76% | 63% | 44% | 58% | 75% | 127% | 95% | 77% |
| 2022 | 78% | 152% | 47% | 112% | 144% | 103% | 96% | 50% | 77% | 117% | 112% | 71% |
| 2023 | 86% | 83% | 100% | 89% | 39% | 73% | 118% | 61% | 96% | 72% | 70% | 99% |
| 2024 | 84% | 112% | 67% | 131% | 68% | 63% | 65% | 132% | 42% | 59% | 48% | 135% |
| 2025 | 41% | 98% | 62% | 58% | 67% | 113% | 95% | 73% | 79% | 106% | 97% | 85% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Falls of Lora
United Kingdom
- —Height
- 95 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr, Sep–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q5432533) · 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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