China 
In numbers.
1.9m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
2,425m
Elevation
The water at Pearl Shoal Waterfall, month by month
It roars from June to September.
The fullest months: from June to September. The thinnest: from November to March.
- 0.2 m³/sJan
- 0.2 m³/sFeb
- 0.5 m³/sMar
- 1.3 m³/sApr
- 2.7 m³/sMay
- 3.5 m³/sJun
- 3.7 m³/sJul
- 3.1 m³/sAug
- 3.0 m³/sSep
- 1.8 m³/sOct
- 0.8 m³/sNov
- 0.3 m³/sDec
From about 0.24 m³/s in the lowest month to 3.7 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.
Pearl Shoal Waterfall is a waterfall in China.
Getting there.
- Parking 580 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport (JZH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 40 km in a straight line
- From June to Septemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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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 144 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 238 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 6viewpoints五花海, 诺日朗瀑布观景台 and 4 more
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 4toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 3bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 km箭竹海瀑布, 树正, 诺日朗瀑布
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, 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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 7 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| Night °C | -7 | -4 | -1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | -1 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 5 | 9 | 26 | 53 | 104 | 110 | 122 | 103 | 107 | 62 | 14 | 3 |
| Wet days | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 7.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (2,425 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 | 130% | 41% | 149% | 106% | 102% | 195% | 142% | 249% | 92% | 193% | 133% | — |
| 2021 | 106% | 124% | 129% | 139% | 85% | 100% | 103% | 151% | 127% | 198% | 82% | — |
| 2022 | 204% | 154% | 145% | 145% | 90% | 56% | 127% | 85% | 91% | 115% | 89% | — |
| 2023 | 86% | 211% | 184% | 131% | 75% | 75% | 87% | 76% | 128% | 125% | 124% | — |
| 2024 | 68% | 153% | 108% | 158% | 84% | 95% | 184% | 84% | 66% | 107% | 196% | — |
| 2025 | 186% | 157% | 119% | 52% | 83% | 144% | 89% | 110% | 106% | 149% | 87% | — |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4741726) · 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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