Iran 
In numbers.
Mar
Oct–Dec
Best months
796m
Elevation
The water at Laton Waterfall, month by month
It roars from October to November.
The fullest months: from October to November. The thinnest: from June to August.
- 56%Jan
- 58%Feb
- 65%Mar
- 59%Apr
- 35%May
- 14%Jun
- 5%Jul
- 6%Aug
- 42%Sep
- 91%Oct
- 100%Nov
- 68%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: March and from October 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.
- Sūhānearest town · 9.9 km in a straight line
- Ardabil Airport (ADU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 27 km in a straight lineCar hire at GYD airport (Baku)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- March and from October 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.
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 399 m in 2.4 km. Here the river runs about 136 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
- 4campsitesدریاچه سوها, دشت لاتون, rosta kotah kome and 1 more
- —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
- Sūhā9.9 km in a straight line
- Nīāraq10 km in a straight line
- Lavandevīl13 km in a straight line
- Ālādīzgeh13 km in a straight line
- Berīs14 km in a straight line
- Vīznah15 km in a straight line
- Ḩūr15 km in a straight line
- Ābī Beyglū16 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 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 8 |
| Night °C | -1 | -1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 53 | 51 | 50 | 44 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 26 | 79 | 110 | 98 | 58 |
| Wet days | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Sun h/day | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 7.9 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (796 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 | 206% | 107% | 173% | 234% | 87% | 31% | 100% | 200% | 66% | 49% | 141% | 154% |
| 2021 | 54% | 144% | 119% | 18% | 89% | 74% | 312% | 12% | 247% | 93% | 109% | 59% |
| 2022 | 111% | 70% | 302% | 914% | 165% | 43% | 125% | 13% | 94% | 104% | 117% | 144% |
| 2023 | 116% | 112% | 98% | 38% | 376% | 126% | 357% | 171% | 122% | 119% | 40% | 115% |
| 2024 | 246% | 81% | 116% | 64% | 407% | 406% | 588% | 25% | 45% | 116% | 111% | 63% |
| 2025 | 57% | 262% | 164% | 145% | 108% | 159% | 17% | 75% | 265% | 85% | 11% | 178% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Laton Waterfall
Iran
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Mar, Oct–DecBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q5058182) · 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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