Taiwan 
In numbers.
0.28m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
308m
Elevation
The water at Nan'an Pubu, month by month
It roars from June to September.
The fullest months: from June to September. The thinnest: from December to April.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.1 m³/sMar
- 0.1 m³/sApr
- 0.3 m³/sMay
- 0.5 m³/sJun
- 0.5 m³/sJul
- 0.6 m³/sAug
- 0.6 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.2 m³/sNov
- 0.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.08 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.62 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.
Nan'an Pubu is a waterfall on the Lele River, in Taiwan. It lies within Yushan National Park.
Getting there.
- Chishangnearest town · 21 km in a straight line
- Parking 2,240 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Taitung Airport (TTT)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 64 km in a straight lineCar hire in TaitungDiscover 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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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 551 m in 2.0 km.
What is around.
- 3viewpoints玉山國家公園南安遊客中心, 南安瀑布
- 1waymarked walking routes八通關古道
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- 3picnic sites
- 3toilets
- 5information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 km山風瀑布
- —caves
- 1campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km玉山緣
- —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
- Chishang21 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 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 22 |
| Night °C | 15 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 16 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 64 | 58 | 79 | 97 | 229 | 269 | 236 | 337 | 266 | 105 | 83 | 53 |
| Wet days | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Sun h/day | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (308 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 | 78% | 53% | 143% | 70% | 201% | 38% | 51% | 117% | 43% | 30% | 63% | 106% |
| 2021 | 25% | 77% | 45% | 39% | 38% | 170% | 110% | 143% | 39% | 202% | 58% | 92% |
| 2022 | 139% | 192% | 145% | 47% | 102% | 35% | 52% | 28% | 35% | 87% | 95% | 54% |
| 2023 | 44% | 41% | 38% | 81% | 49% | 67% | 56% | 86% | 81% | 69% | 10% | 58% |
| 2024 | 38% | 42% | 27% | 123% | 33% | 36% | 84% | 38% | 73% | 222% | 80% | 49% |
| 2025 | 59% | 123% | 149% | 156% | 93% | 83% | 302% | 62% | 53% | 141% | 198% | 162% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Nan'an Pubu
Taiwan
- —Height
- 0.28 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q34847082) · 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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