India 
In numbers.
Sep–Dec
Best months
1,329m
Elevation
The water at Kiliyur Falls, month by month
It roars from October to November.
The fullest months: from October to November. The thinnest: from January to April.
- 13%Jan
- 2%Feb
- 2%Mar
- 9%Apr
- 31%May
- 28%Jun
- 33%Jul
- 45%Aug
- 68%Sep
- 100%Oct
- 89%Nov
- 44%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from September to December.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Yercaudnearest town · 2.8 km in a straight line
- Parking 660 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Tiruchirappalli International Airport (TRZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 123 km in a straight lineCar hire at BLR airport (Bengaluru)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From September to Decemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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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.
What is around.
- 1viewpointsPagoda Point
- —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
- 1campsites
- 9hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHotel Tamilnadu, The Guru Residency, The Indian Origin Hotels & Resorts and 6 more
- 4restaurants 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
- Yercaud2.8 km in a straight line
- Kondamanāyakkanpatti8.8 km in a straight line
- Kannānkurichchi9.7 km in a straight line
- Ayodhyāpattanam10 km in a straight line
- Māsināyakkanpatti11 km in a straight line
- Salem15 km in a straight line
- Sedaikavundanūr15 km in a straight line
- Vellakkalpatty16 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 | 27 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 22 |
| Night °C | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 6 | 7 | 18 | 47 | 94 | 58 | 80 | 100 | 132 | 170 | 117 | 41 |
| Wet days | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 7 |
| Sun h/day | 8.2 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 6.3 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,329 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 | 27% | 4% | 28% | 85% | 42% | 130% | 196% | 100% | 132% | 86% | 87% | 144% |
| 2021 | 803% | 149% | 17% | 134% | 305% | 104% | 188% | 80% | 110% | 120% | 214% | 41% |
| 2022 | 132% | 9% | 141% | 151% | 179% | 173% | 155% | 344% | 82% | 106% | 79% | 176% |
| 2023 | 20% | 46% | 152% | 57% | 141% | 99% | 86% | 81% | 112% | 57% | 90% | 41% |
| 2024 | 225% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 188% | 197% | 82% | 192% | 21% | 157% | 56% | 401% |
| 2025 | 153% | 0% | 91% | 92% | 209% | 116% | 44% | 85% | 100% | 78% | 42% | 15% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Kiliyur Falls
India
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Sep–DecBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37301) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| 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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