Russia 
In numbers.
13m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr–Jul
Best months
604m
Elevation
The water at Nikhaloy waterfalls, month by month
It roars from May to June.
The fullest months: from May to June. The thinnest: from November to January.
- 3.7 m³/sJan
- 7.9 m³/sFeb
- 22 m³/sMar
- 37 m³/sApr
- 51 m³/sMay
- 46 m³/sJun
- 29 m³/sJul
- 17 m³/sAug
- 13 m³/sSep
- 13 m³/sOct
- 5.2 m³/sNov
- 0.4 m³/sDec
From about 0.41 m³/s in the lowest month to 51 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to July.
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.
Nikhaloy waterfalls is a waterfall in Russia.
Getting there.
- Borzoynearest town · 3.2 km in a straight line
- Akhmat Kadyrov Grozny International Airport (GRV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 61 km in a straight lineCar hire at TBS airport (Tbilisi)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April 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 56 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 199 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- 5picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmНихалар чухчарш
- —caves
- —campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- 2restaurants 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
- Borzoy3.2 km in a straight line
- Shatoy4.3 km in a straight line
- Itum-Kali13 km in a straight line
- Duba-Yurt23 km in a straight line
- Goy-Chu25 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 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 6 |
| Night °C | -4 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 2 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 29 | 27 | 47 | 62 | 91 | 94 | 69 | 58 | 50 | 51 | 36 | 30 |
| Wet days | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| Sun h/day | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 17 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (604 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 | 117% | 117% | 88% | 75% | 154% | 80% | 65% | 161% | 41% | 18% | 103% | 207% |
| 2021 | 51% | 148% | 65% | 62% | 67% | 96% | 136% | 107% | 190% | 98% | 68% | 55% |
| 2022 | 67% | 75% | 110% | 55% | 121% | 75% | 65% | 39% | 70% | 84% | 116% | 75% |
| 2023 | 44% | 124% | 59% | 92% | 85% | 148% | 118% | 41% | 143% | 44% | 165% | 125% |
| 2024 | 90% | 113% | 90% | 38% | 101% | 98% | 70% | 58% | 98% | 123% | 152% | 137% |
| 2025 | 67% | 131% | 124% | 127% | 58% | 67% | 40% | 33% | 250% | 78% | 8% | 105% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Nikhaloy waterfalls
Russia
- —Height
- 13 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q57956157) · 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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