India 
In numbers.
1.1m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
929m
Elevation
The water at Kynrem Falls, month by month
It roars from June to August.
The fullest months: from June to August. The thinnest: from November to March.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.3 m³/sMar
- 1.0 m³/sApr
- 1.8 m³/sMay
- 2.5 m³/sJun
- 2.8 m³/sJul
- 2.5 m³/sAug
- 2.0 m³/sSep
- 1.3 m³/sOct
- 0.5 m³/sNov
- 0.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.12 m³/s in the lowest month to 2.8 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June 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.
- Cherrapunjeenearest town · 8.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,360 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Osmany International Airport (ZYL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 33 km in a straight lineCar hire at CCU airport (Kolkata)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June 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 794 m in 2.1 km.
What is around.
- 6viewpointsViewpoint over Bangladesh, Seven Sisters Waterfalls Viewpoint, Seven Sister's falls best viewpoint and 3 more
- —waymarked walking routes
- 3car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 2toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmNohsngithiang Falls (Seven Sisters), Trap Falls
- 1caves
- —campsites
- 31hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmBy the way, Serene Homestay, D Cloud Guesthouse and 28 more
- 3restaurants 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
- Cherrapunjee8.5 km in a straight line
- Shella9.4 km in a straight line
- Chhātak22 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 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 18 |
| Night °C | 6 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 11 | 34 | 98 | 377 | 540 | 701 | 693 | 545 | 432 | 231 | 24 | 21 |
| Wet days | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 7.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (929 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 | 335% | 44% | 32% | 100% | 200% | 174% | 173% | 111% | 250% | 240% | 42% | 0% |
| 2021 | 41% | 4% | 113% | 56% | 108% | 121% | 101% | 212% | 71% | 111% | 6% | 167% |
| 2022 | 274% | 159% | 138% | 168% | 190% | 222% | 78% | 78% | 139% | 175% | 4% | 37% |
| 2023 | 0% | 35% | 233% | 58% | 63% | 185% | 135% | 169% | 88% | 216% | 282% | 185% |
| 2024 | 3% | 166% | 157% | 78% | 156% | 222% | 122% | 188% | 79% | 164% | 39% | 0% |
| 2025 | 3% | 17% | 49% | 125% | 218% | 86% | 100% | 162% | 113% | 110% | 266% | 0% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Kynrem Falls
India
- —Height
- 1.1 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37973) · 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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