Turkey 
In numbers.
0.49m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Feb–May
Best months
655m
Elevation
The water at Gürleyik Waterfall, month by month
It roars from February to April.
The fullest months: from February to April. The thinnest: from July to September.
- 0.6 m³/sJan
- 0.8 m³/sFeb
- 1.0 m³/sMar
- 0.9 m³/sApr
- 0.7 m³/sMay
- 0.5 m³/sJun
- 0.3 m³/sJul
- 0.2 m³/sAug
- 0.2 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.4 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.17 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.97 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from February to May.
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.
- Mihalıçcıknearest town · 19 km in a straight line
- Hasan Polatkan Airport (AOE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 73 km in a straight lineCar hire at ESB airport (Ankara)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From February to Maybest 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.
- —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
- Mihalıçcık19 km in a straight line
- Nallıhan22 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 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 33 | 33 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 7 |
| Night °C | -4 | -2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 2 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 51 | 40 | 44 | 41 | 51 | 49 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 39 | 33 | 51 |
| Wet days | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | 2.9 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 3.1 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (655 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 | 86% | 158% | 65% | 59% | 107% | 230% | 23% | 5% | 37% | 105% | 16% | 33% |
| 2021 | 133% | 52% | 135% | 123% | 61% | 182% | 103% | 71% | 176% | 45% | 171% | 84% |
| 2022 | 105% | 137% | 77% | 49% | 47% | 220% | 110% | 214% | 33% | 79% | 67% | 62% |
| 2023 | 24% | 62% | 199% | 133% | 155% | 162% | 144% | 36% | 142% | 48% | 283% | 95% |
| 2024 | 131% | 38% | 71% | 41% | 128% | 37% | 175% | 16% | 119% | 29% | 139% | 103% |
| 2025 | 68% | 72% | 33% | 143% | 71% | 15% | 35% | 60% | 91% | 177% | 70% | 81% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Gürleyik Waterfall
Turkey
- —Height
- 0.49 m³/sAverage flow
- Feb–MayBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q65934613) · 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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