India 
In numbers.
0.34m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul–Sep
Best months
1,314m
Elevation
The water at Kempty Falls, month by month
It roars in August.
The fullest months: August. The thinnest: from October to June.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.1 m³/sMar
- 0.1 m³/sApr
- 0.1 m³/sMay
- 0.3 m³/sJun
- 1.0 m³/sJul
- 1.3 m³/sAug
- 0.9 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.1 m³/sNov
- 0.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.06 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.3 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.
- Mussoorienearest town · 4.9 km in a straight line
- Parking 90 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Dehradun Jolly Grant Airport (DED)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 36 km in a straight lineCar hire at IXC airport (Chandigarh)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July to Septemberbest 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 517 m in 3.6 km.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 35hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmClouds End, Hotel Paradise Continental, Sterling Holidays and 32 more
- 2restaurants 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
- Mussoorie4.9 km in a straight line
- Dehradun18 km in a straight line
- Rāipur20 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 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 17 |
| Night °C | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 37 | 44 | 39 | 30 | 46 | 162 | 369 | 365 | 169 | 17 | 6 | 12 |
| Wet days | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Sun h/day | 6.8 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 7.2 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 8.1 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,314 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 | 257% | 93% | 330% | 220% | 169% | 72% | 108% | 91% | 27% | 0% | 326% | 121% |
| 2021 | 73% | 68% | 37% | 182% | 258% | 86% | 126% | 73% | 154% | 385% | 5% | 69% |
| 2022 | 407% | 117% | 2% | 7% | 154% | 71% | 126% | 75% | 220% | 397% | 63% | 8% |
| 2023 | 106% | 23% | 242% | 220% | 264% | 117% | 162% | 127% | 64% | 149% | 105% | 24% |
| 2024 | 8% | 119% | 193% | 61% | 27% | 42% | 118% | 113% | 148% | 18% | 0% | 313% |
| 2025 | 31% | 195% | 48% | 93% | 262% | 163% | 92% | 149% | 159% | 285% | 11% | 0% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Kempty Falls
India
- —Height
- 0.34 m³/sAverage flow
- Jul–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4122030) · 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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