Australia 
In numbers.
0.53m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jan–Apr
Best months
228m
Elevation
The water at Jim Jim Falls, month by month
It roars from January to March.
The fullest months: from January to March. The thinnest: from May to November.
- 1.3 m³/sJan
- 1.4 m³/sFeb
- 1.3 m³/sMar
- 0.6 m³/sApr
- 0.2 m³/sMay
- 0.1 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.1 m³/sOct
- 0.3 m³/sNov
- 0.8 m³/sDec
From about 0.08 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.4 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from January to April.
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.
Waterfall in Northern Territory, Australia
Jim Jim Falls is a waterfall in Australia.
Getting there.
- Parking 1,220 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Maningrida Airport (MNG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 203 km in a straight lineCar hire at KTR airport (Tindal Airport)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From January to Aprilbest 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 228 m in 3.5 km. Here the river runs about 32 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 2toilets
- —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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 38 | 38 | 34 |
| Night °C | 24 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 24 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 262 | 240 | 212 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 91 | 227 |
| Wet days | 26 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 |
| Sun h/day | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 8.1 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (228 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 | 81% | 79% | 45% | 122% | 32% | — | — | — | 114% | 127% | 52% | 143% |
| 2021 | 118% | 166% | 103% | 52% | 3% | — | — | — | 5% | 163% | 92% | 122% |
| 2022 | 76% | 86% | 31% | 101% | 3% | — | — | — | 629% | 221% | 165% | 99% |
| 2023 | 70% | 125% | 44% | 81% | 3% | — | — | — | 0% | 6% | 59% | 116% |
| 2024 | 158% | 64% | 159% | 33% | 5% | — | — | — | 367% | 128% | 96% | 88% |
| 2025 | 108% | 123% | 148% | 109% | 272% | — | — | — | 238% | 224% | 161% | 101% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Jim Jim Falls
Australia
- —Height
- 0.53 m³/sAverage flow
- Jan–AprBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1525596) · 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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