India 
In numbers.
17m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul–Sep
Best months
127m
Elevation
The water at Karkat Waterfall, month by month
It roars from July to September.
The fullest months: from July to September. The thinnest: from November to June.
- 1.5 m³/sJan
- 1.9 m³/sFeb
- 1.5 m³/sMar
- 1.1 m³/sApr
- 1.3 m³/sMay
- 14 m³/sJun
- 60 m³/sJul
- 73 m³/sAug
- 59 m³/sSep
- 25 m³/sOct
- 6.8 m³/sNov
- 1.3 m³/sDec
From about 1.1 m³/s in the lowest month to 73 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July 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.
- Chakianearest town · 19 km in a straight line
- Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 77 km in a straight lineCar hire at CCU airport (Kolkata)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July 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 65 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 69 m below the lower rim of its valley.
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
- Chakia19 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 | 24 | 29 | 35 | 41 | 43 | 41 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 25 |
| Night °C | 9 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 13 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 108 | 247 | 210 | 146 | 35 | 3 | 6 |
| Wet days | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 4.6 | 7.1 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 6.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 4.7 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (127 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 | 102% | 129% | 370% | 303% | 205% | 270% | 95% | 100% | 127% | 77% | — | 166% |
| 2021 | 2% | 10% | 3% | 11% | 666% | 258% | 83% | 100% | 114% | 163% | — | 227% |
| 2022 | 152% | 38% | 0% | 0% | 91% | 134% | 78% | 124% | 117% | 127% | — | 0% |
| 2023 | 17% | 0% | 620% | 160% | 132% | 88% | 71% | 83% | 84% | 244% | — | 243% |
| 2024 | 50% | 221% | 139% | 9% | 33% | 44% | 97% | 196% | 139% | 11% | — | 55% |
| 2025 | 5% | 0% | 24% | 74% | 135% | 124% | 159% | 164% | 92% | 525% | — | 0% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Karkat Waterfall
India
- —Height
- 17 m³/sAverage flow
- Jul–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37504) · 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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