Indonesia 
In numbers.
1.3m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jan–Apr
Best months
571m
Elevation
The water at Madakaripura Waterfall, month by month
It roars from January to March.
The fullest months: from January to March. The thinnest: from June to November.
- 2.6 m³/sJan
- 2.9 m³/sFeb
- 2.7 m³/sMar
- 2.0 m³/sApr
- 1.4 m³/sMay
- 0.8 m³/sJun
- 0.5 m³/sJul
- 0.3 m³/sAug
- 0.3 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.8 m³/sNov
- 1.8 m³/sDec
From about 0.29 m³/s in the lowest month to 2.9 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from January to April.
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.
A waterfall in East Java, Indonesia
Madakaripura Waterfall is a waterfall in Indonesia.
Getting there.
- Probolinggonearest town · 24 km in a straight line
- Parking 180 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 35 km in a straight lineCar hire at DPS airport (Kuta, Badung)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From January to Aprilbest 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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2 km
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 387 m in 3.4 km. Here the river runs about 233 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
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmMadakaripura
- —caves
- 2campsitesBumi Perkemahan Timur, Bumi Perkemahan Lumbang
- 4hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmA3 homestay, Hotel Sangdimur, Sinar Harapan and 1 more
- —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
- Probolinggo24 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 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 27 |
| Night °C | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 308 | 299 | 268 | 182 | 119 | 69 | 36 | 14 | 17 | 57 | 131 | 256 |
| Wet days | 27 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 25 |
| Sun h/day | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 5.5 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (571 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 | 81% | 124% | 104% | 132% | 192% | 68% | 103% | 197% | 180% | 261% | 194% | 158% |
| 2021 | 130% | 146% | 97% | 72% | 55% | 243% | 68% | 159% | 586% | 88% | 202% | 164% |
| 2022 | 96% | 103% | 120% | 76% | 170% | 192% | 147% | 201% | 412% | 515% | 249% | 77% |
| 2023 | 83% | 136% | 73% | 109% | 37% | 33% | 289% | 36% | 20% | 1% | 68% | 158% |
| 2024 | 75% | 104% | 73% | 114% | 13% | 92% | 83% | 20% | 170% | 94% | 128% | 145% |
| 2025 | 123% | 76% | 124% | 131% | 252% | 81% | 110% | 184% | 277% | 159% | 300% | 138% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Madakaripura Waterfall
Indonesia
- —Height
- 1.3 m³/sAverage flow
- Jan–AprBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4206976) · 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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