Nepal 
In numbers.
812m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul–Oct
Best months
323m
Elevation
The water at Lamo waterfall, month by month
It roars from July to September.
The fullest months: from July to September. The thinnest: from November to May.
- 78 m³/sJan
- 100 m³/sFeb
- 127 m³/sMar
- 184 m³/sApr
- 426 m³/sMay
- 1,064 m³/sJun
- 2,220 m³/sJul
- 2,683 m³/sAug
- 2,508 m³/sSep
- 1,438 m³/sOct
- 640 m³/sNov
- 157 m³/sDec
From about 78 m³/s in the lowest month to 2,683 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July to October.
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.
- Bharatpurnearest town · 18 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,110 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Pokhara International Airport (PHH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 64 km in a straight lineCar hire at KTM airport (Kathmandu)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July to Octoberbest 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 428 m in 2.1 km. Here the river runs about 175 m below the lower rim of its valley.
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
- 22hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmAnish Khaja Ghar and Guest House, Gorkha Hotel and Guest House, Ikshya Kamana Cold Store and Guest House and 19 more
- 1restaurants 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
- Bharatpur18 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 | 23 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 23 |
| Night °C | 12 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 14 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 13 | 21 | 29 | 46 | 114 | 214 | 340 | 263 | 193 | 60 | 3 | 6 |
| Wet days | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (323 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 | 386% | 139% | 224% | 294% | 228% | 173% | 173% | 46% | 120% | 11% | — | 66% |
| 2021 | 2% | 35% | 126% | 82% | 258% | 244% | 179% | 281% | 169% | 401% | — | 741% |
| 2022 | 55% | 258% | 64% | 183% | 204% | 185% | 110% | 213% | 191% | 361% | — | 0% |
| 2023 | 2% | 68% | 257% | 111% | 116% | 87% | 160% | 200% | 107% | 256% | — | 39% |
| 2024 | 0% | 21% | 137% | 3% | 118% | 204% | 237% | 97% | 203% | 117% | — | 0% |
| 2025 | 0% | 27% | 73% | 202% | 272% | 139% | 93% | 145% | 176% | 326% | — | 5% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Lamo waterfall
Nepal
- —Height
- 812 m³/sAverage flow
- Jul–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q25620814) · 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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