Japan 
In numbers.
Apr
Jul
Sep–Oct
Best months
88m
Elevation
The water at Hagi Falls, month by month
It roars from April to October.
The fullest months: from April to October.
- 52%Jan
- 55%Feb
- 69%Mar
- 82%Apr
- 78%May
- 80%Jun
- 100%Jul
- 79%Aug
- 89%Sep
- 88%Oct
- 67%Nov
- 56%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: April, July and from September to October.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Yamagatanearest town · 3.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,240 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Nagoya Airport / JASDF Komaki Air Base (NKM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 km in a straight lineCar hire at TOY airport (Toyama)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- April, July and from September to Octoberbest 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 106 m in 1.9 km. Here the river runs about 175 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 36car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 6toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 26hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km旅館想い出, アルモニーテラッセ, サンホテル岐阜 and 23 more
- 102restaurants 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
- Yamagata3.5 km in a straight line
- Gifu5.3 km in a straight line
- Kakamigahara7.3 km in a straight line
- Ginan7.8 km in a straight line
- Kasamatsuchō10 km in a straight line
- Sekimachi11 km in a straight line
- Kitagata11 km in a straight line
- Kuroda12 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 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 9 |
| Night °C | -2 | -1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 103 | 93 | 124 | 141 | 154 | 185 | 248 | 161 | 204 | 169 | 102 | 121 |
| Wet days | 18 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 18 |
| Sun h/day | 3.2 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.1 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 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 (88 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 | 96% | 92% | 111% | 106% | 83% | 151% | 224% | 39% | 105% | 124% | 53% | 79% |
| 2021 | 133% | 93% | 147% | 124% | 163% | 82% | 115% | 238% | 105% | 37% | 94% | 140% |
| 2022 | 64% | 81% | 87% | 104% | 96% | 63% | 134% | 172% | 131% | 51% | 113% | 73% |
| 2023 | 68% | 68% | 87% | 131% | 197% | 276% | 64% | 133% | 60% | 71% | 106% | 70% |
| 2024 | 88% | 156% | 179% | 128% | 155% | 150% | 98% | 238% | 71% | 155% | 163% | 64% |
| 2025 | 64% | 79% | 97% | 107% | 177% | 183% | 88% | 99% | 120% | 133% | 72% | 106% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Hagi Falls
Japan
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr, Jul, Sep–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37475) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| 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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