Japan 
In numbers.
0.31m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Jul
Sep–Oct
Best months
167m
Elevation
The water at Nunobiki Falls, month by month
It roars from June to October.
The fullest months: from June to October.
- 0.2 m³/sJan
- 0.2 m³/sFeb
- 0.3 m³/sMar
- 0.3 m³/sApr
- 0.3 m³/sMay
- 0.4 m³/sJun
- 0.5 m³/sJul
- 0.4 m³/sAug
- 0.4 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.3 m³/sNov
- 0.3 m³/sDec
From about 0.23 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.45 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to July and from September to October.
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.
Waterfalls in Kobe, Japan
Nunobiki Falls is a waterfall on the Ikuta River, in Japan.
Getting there.
- Kobenearest town · 2.3 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,520 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Kobe Airport (UKB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 9 km in a straight lineCar hire at KIX airport (Osaka)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to July and from September to Octoberbest 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 202 m in 2.3 km.
What is around.
- 18viewpointsヴィーナスブリッジ, みはらし展望台, テラス and 15 more
- —waymarked walking routes
- 200car parks
- —swimming spots
- 12picnic sites
- 37toilets
- 150information boards and visitor centres
- 24bus stops within 1 km
- 4other named waterfalls within 4 km布引夫婦滝, 五本松隠れ滝, 布引雌滝 and 1 more
- —caves
- 1campsites
- 88hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmダイワロイネットホテル, 花ホテル, ANA クラウンプラザ神戸 and 85 more
- 1,103restaurants 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
- Kobe2.3 km in a straight line
- Ashiya10 km in a straight line
- Nishinomiya13 km in a straight line
- Takarazuka18 km in a straight line
- Akashi18 km in a straight line
- Sandachō20 km in a straight line
- Amagasaki20 km in a straight line
- Itami21 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 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 11 |
| Night °C | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 56 | 71 | 101 | 112 | 138 | 190 | 204 | 148 | 194 | 159 | 80 | 72 |
| Wet days | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
| Sun h/day | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (167 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 | 142% | 85% | 93% | 125% | 78% | 116% | 212% | 16% | 97% | 143% | 68% | 47% |
| 2021 | 154% | 72% | 133% | 130% | 159% | 68% | 98% | 259% | 109% | 40% | 130% | 98% |
| 2022 | 46% | 42% | 97% | 103% | 82% | 51% | 83% | 79% | 107% | 58% | 113% | 41% |
| 2023 | 89% | 46% | 89% | 191% | 239% | 218% | 55% | 192% | 57% | 41% | 133% | 40% |
| 2024 | 65% | 152% | 165% | 138% | 174% | 144% | 95% | 113% | 56% | 115% | 189% | 18% |
| 2025 | 51% | 43% | 106% | 72% | 186% | 129% | 89% | 81% | 100% | 102% | 66% | 95% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Nunobiki Falls
Japan
- —Height
- 0.31 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–Jul, Sep–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q3695449) · 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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