India 
In numbers.
0.25m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
1,012m
Elevation
The water at Hebbe Falls, month by month
It roars from July to August.
The fullest months: from July to August. The thinnest: from November to May.
- 0.0 m³/sJan
- 0.0 m³/sFeb
- 0.0 m³/sMar
- 0.0 m³/sApr
- 0.1 m³/sMay
- 0.7 m³/sJun
- 1.1 m³/sJul
- 1.1 m³/sAug
- 0.7 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.2 m³/sNov
- 0.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.01 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.1 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.
- Tarikerenearest town · 21 km in a straight line
- Mangaluru International Airport (IXE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 112 km in a straight lineCar hire at BLR airport (Bengaluru)Discover 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.
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 410 m in 3.1 km.
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
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmRaj Bhavan
- —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
- Tarikere21 km in a straight line
- Narasimharājapura24 km in a straight line
- Chikmagalūr25 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 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Night °C | 12 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 13 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 1 | 3 | 17 | 40 | 134 | 566 | 651 | 515 | 283 | 181 | 61 | 9 |
| Wet days | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 2 |
| Sun h/day | 9.3 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 8.5 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,012 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 | — | — | 30% | 70% | 84% | 56% | 72% | 80% | 137% | 204% | 39% | 300% |
| 2021 | — | — | 10% | 143% | 149% | 46% | 72% | 36% | 70% | 183% | 424% | 169% |
| 2022 | — | — | 126% | 178% | 165% | 46% | 87% | 109% | 61% | 71% | 63% | 366% |
| 2023 | — | — | 7% | 60% | 43% | 33% | 86% | 13% | 70% | 23% | 137% | 234% |
| 2024 | — | — | 22% | 56% | 157% | 58% | 97% | 107% | 59% | 97% | 26% | 792% |
| 2025 | — | — | 91% | 180% | 304% | 68% | 73% | 70% | 49% | 87% | 25% | 72% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Hebbe Falls
India
- —Height
- 0.25 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37304) · 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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