Taiwan 
In numbers.
0.19m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
89m
Elevation
The water at Golden Waterfall, month by month
It roars in June and from August to September.
The fullest months: June and from August to September.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.1 m³/sMar
- 0.1 m³/sApr
- 0.2 m³/sMay
- 0.3 m³/sJun
- 0.2 m³/sJul
- 0.2 m³/sAug
- 0.3 m³/sSep
- 0.2 m³/sOct
- 0.1 m³/sNov
- 0.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.11 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.27 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
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.
- Jiufennearest town · 1.9 km in a straight line
- Parking 80 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Taipei Songshan International Airport (TSA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 32 km in a straight lineCar hire in TaipeiDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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.
What is around.
- 51viewpoints觀景台, 基隆山山頂觀景台, 報時山觀景台 and 48 more
- 20waymarked walking routes基隆山登山步道, 淡蘭國家級綠道, 金礦本山六坑流金探「索」 and 17 more
- 32car parks
- —swimming spots
- 5picnic sites
- 30toilets
- 43information boards and visitor centres
- 26bus stops within 1 km
- 5other named waterfalls within 4 km老鬼瀑布, 小鬼瀑布, 大鬼瀑布 and 2 more
- 7caves
- 1campsites十三層營地
- 37hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km途中．九份 國際青年旅舍, 九份柳園民宿 Liu House, 愉園民宿 and 34 more
- 32restaurants 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
- Jiufen1.9 km in a straight line
- Keelung12 km in a straight line
- Xizhi21 km in a straight line
- Shiding25 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 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 20 |
| Night °C | 16 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 17 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 99 | 92 | 131 | 126 | 228 | 262 | 162 | 263 | 252 | 116 | 115 | 100 |
| Wet days | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 16 |
| Sun h/day | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 1.1 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (89 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 | 57% | 60% | 166% | 70% | 165% | 47% | 83% | 102% | 62% | 47% | 66% | 180% |
| 2021 | 61% | 70% | 55% | 55% | 84% | 146% | 122% | 223% | 49% | 207% | 69% | 83% |
| 2022 | 111% | 229% | 116% | 62% | 176% | 69% | 73% | 22% | 59% | 178% | 159% | 90% |
| 2023 | 61% | 59% | 38% | 76% | 59% | 66% | 66% | 94% | 58% | 89% | 24% | 90% |
| 2024 | 50% | 58% | 58% | 156% | 79% | 80% | 141% | 58% | 72% | 241% | 94% | 34% |
| 2025 | 46% | 101% | 211% | 164% | 117% | 94% | 326% | 31% | 27% | 179% | 232% | 139% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Golden Waterfall
Taiwan
- —Height
- 0.19 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q22569361) · 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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