India 
In numbers.
118m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul–Oct
Best months
598m
Elevation
The water at Gokak Falls, month by month
It roars from July to September.
The fullest months: from July to September. The thinnest: from November to May.
- 7.4 m³/sJan
- 4.9 m³/sFeb
- 8.0 m³/sMar
- 20 m³/sApr
- 56 m³/sMay
- 264 m³/sJun
- 469 m³/sJul
- 515 m³/sAug
- 417 m³/sSep
- 281 m³/sOct
- 115 m³/sNov
- 33 m³/sDec
From about 4.9 m³/s in the lowest month to 515 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.
Getting there.
- Gokak Fallsnearest town · 0.4 km in a straight line
- Belagavi Airport (IXG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 41 km in a straight lineCar hire in GoaDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July 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 65 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 92 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
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —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
- Gokak Falls0.4 km in a straight line
- Konnūr3.1 km in a straight line
- Gokak5.7 km in a straight line
- Hukeri19 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 | 32 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 |
| Night °C | 15 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 15 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 1 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 53 | 137 | 174 | 158 | 119 | 85 | 23 | 3 |
| Wet days | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 9.0 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 8.6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (598 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 | — | — | 110% | 225% | 95% | 118% | 143% | 184% | 182% | 229% | 5% | — |
| 2021 | — | — | 18% | 165% | 276% | 160% | 159% | 46% | 98% | 118% | 303% | — |
| 2022 | — | — | 107% | 201% | 156% | 70% | 137% | 127% | 156% | 145% | 11% | — |
| 2023 | — | — | 0% | 78% | 77% | 37% | 161% | 39% | 104% | 24% | 154% | — |
| 2024 | — | — | 5% | 123% | 134% | 136% | 213% | 108% | 181% | 248% | 13% | — |
| 2025 | — | — | 41% | 151% | 361% | 144% | 115% | 162% | 118% | 139% | 62% | — |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Gokak Falls
India
- —Height
- 118 m³/sAverage flow
- Jul–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1708121) · 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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