Armenia 
In numbers.
May–Jul
Best months
3,054m
Elevation
The water at Mantash Waterfalls, month by month
It roars from May to June.
The fullest months: from May to June. The thinnest: from August to September and from November to February. Below −4 °C on average (from November to March): the falls can partly freeze.
- 18%Jan
- 23%Feb
- 42%Mar
- 74%Apr
- 100%May
- 76%Jun
- 43%Jul
- 24%Aug
- 16%Sep
- 27%Oct
- 19%Nov
- 12%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to July.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Mantash Waterfalls is a waterfall on the Mantash, in Armenia.
Getting there.
- Hnaberdnearest town · 14 km in a straight line
- Shirak International Airport (LWN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 35 km in a straight lineCar hire at LWN airport (Gyumri)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to Julybest 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 466 m in 3.4 km. Here the river runs about 97 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
- 6campsites
- —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
- Hnaberd14 km in a straight line
- Harich15 km in a straight line
- Saralanj15 km in a straight line
- Pokr Mantash16 km in a straight line
- Mets Mantash16 km in a straight line
- Tsaghkahovit16 km in a straight line
- Lernakert17 km in a straight line
- Arevshat18 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 | -10 | -7 | -2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 7 | -2 | -7 |
| Night °C | -19 | -17 | -12 | -8 | -3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | -4 | -11 | -16 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 24 | 19 | 31 | 53 | 68 | 56 | 37 | 30 | 22 | 38 | 22 | 22 |
| Wet days | 6 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| Sun h/day | 5.4 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 7.4 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 8.6 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 4.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 18 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 16 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (3,054 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 | 30% | 87% | 107% | 158% | 110% | 62% | 202% | 91% | 60% | 53% | 72% | 89% |
| 2021 | 80% | 131% | 206% | 53% | 77% | 22% | 88% | 68% | 155% | 95% | 37% | 53% |
| 2022 | 72% | 28% | 198% | 47% | 114% | 105% | 29% | 43% | 75% | 54% | 43% | 46% |
| 2023 | 19% | 166% | 461% | 112% | 92% | 152% | 124% | 87% | 133% | 80% | 85% | 134% |
| 2024 | 208% | 61% | 276% | 35% | 234% | 94% | 227% | 66% | 156% | 146% | 107% | 67% |
| 2025 | 14% | 134% | 201% | 135% | 69% | 61% | 97% | 14% | 177% | 79% | 4% | 178% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Mantash Waterfalls
Armenia
- —Height
- —Average flow
- May–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q23093359) · 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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