Australia 
In numbers.
68m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Feb–May
Best months
498m
Elevation
The water at Herbert River Falls, month by month
It roars from February to April.
The fullest months: from February to April. The thinnest: from June to December.
- 95 m³/sJan
- 159 m³/sFeb
- 191 m³/sMar
- 153 m³/sApr
- 94 m³/sMay
- 44 m³/sJun
- 25 m³/sJul
- 14 m³/sAug
- 9.4 m³/sSep
- 9.4 m³/sOct
- 17 m³/sNov
- 37 m³/sDec
From about 9.4 m³/s in the lowest month to 191 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.
- Cairns International Airport (CNS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 156 km in a straight lineCar hire at CNS airport (Cairns)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.
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 153 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 66 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpointsHerbert River Falls Lookout
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmDouble Falls
- —caves
- 1campsitesKucha Campsite
- —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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 29 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 30 |
| Night °C | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 283 | 332 | 294 | 155 | 89 | 53 | 49 | 27 | 28 | 51 | 77 | 140 |
| Wet days | 22 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 16 |
| Sun h/day | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 8.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (498 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 | 65% | 58% | 22% | 19% | 64% | 28% | 31% | 13% | 68% | 4% | 22% | 73% |
| 2021 | 97% | 51% | 43% | 151% | 30% | 56% | 33% | 95% | 29% | 8% | 71% | 48% |
| 2022 | 73% | 22% | 53% | 121% | 90% | 29% | 101% | 37% | 40% | 78% | 79% | 101% |
| 2023 | 83% | 62% | 54% | 33% | 20% | 39% | 98% | 100% | 63% | 24% | 6% | 188% |
| 2024 | 63% | 52% | 90% | 74% | 47% | 19% | 43% | 96% | 37% | 22% | 32% | 165% |
| 2025 | 62% | 84% | 93% | 22% | 44% | 14% | 14% | 30% | 237% | 74% | 48% | 191% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Herbert River Falls
Australia
- —Height
- 68 m³/sAverage flow
- Feb–MayBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37299) · 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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