China 
In numbers.
Jun–Sep
Best months
208m
Elevation
The water at Ng Tung Chai Waterfall, month by month
It roars from June to August.
The fullest months: from June to August. The thinnest: from November to March.
- 7%Jan
- 7%Feb
- 15%Mar
- 27%Apr
- 62%May
- 100%Jun
- 83%Jul
- 82%Aug
- 66%Sep
- 32%Oct
- 12%Nov
- 5%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Hong Kong
Ng Tung Chai Waterfall is a waterfall in China.
Getting there.
- New Territoriesnearest town · 2.2 km in a straight line
- Parking 790 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 26 km in a straight line
- From June to Septemberbest 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 473 m in 2.6 km. Here the river runs about 164 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 2waymarked walking routes衛奕信徑第8段 Wilson Trail Section 8, 麥理浩徑第8段 MacLehose Trail Section 8
- 8car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 16toilets
- 5information boards and visitor centres
- 2bus stops within 1 km
- 16other named waterfalls within 4 km銀花瀑, 中瀑 Middle Fall, 玉女瀑 Yuk Nui Fall and 13 more
- 2caves
- 8campsites鉛礦坳營地 Lead Mine Pass Campsite, 荃錦營地 Twisk Campsite, 香港航空青年團下花山訓練營 and 5 more
- 6hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km施樂園 Sze Lok Yuen, 大埔賓館 Tai Po Villa, 匡智梨木樹宿舍 Hong Chi Lei Muk Shue Hostel and 3 more
- 4restaurants 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
- New Territories2.2 km in a straight line
- Tai Wo3.8 km in a straight line
- Hong Lok Yuen4.3 km in a straight line
- Tai Po4.4 km in a straight line
- Pat Heung4.4 km in a straight line
- Tai Yuen Estate4.8 km in a straight line
- Shek Wai Kok6.2 km in a straight line
- Discovery Park6.4 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 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 20 |
| Night °C | 11 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 12 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 36 | 29 | 72 | 104 | 210 | 282 | 185 | 218 | 160 | 49 | 30 | 25 |
| Wet days | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Sun h/day | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (208 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 | 67% | 263% | 154% | 102% | 184% | 92% | 39% | 173% | 223% | 118% | 10% | 12% |
| 2021 | 2% | 249% | 43% | 39% | 48% | 109% | 142% | 138% | 70% | 297% | 36% | 172% |
| 2022 | 52% | 635% | 235% | 38% | 221% | 132% | 96% | 170% | 41% | 74% | 671% | 150% |
| 2023 | 103% | 36% | 181% | 112% | 82% | 149% | 115% | 102% | 311% | 352% | 26% | 21% |
| 2024 | 27% | 55% | 97% | 343% | 193% | 117% | 166% | 191% | 174% | 19% | 524% | 4% |
| 2025 | 20% | 51% | 97% | 153% | 74% | 109% | 184% | 247% | 236% | 95% | 22% | 62% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Ng Tung Chai Waterfall
China
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q11115683) · 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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