Thailand 
In numbers.
6.5m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul–Oct
Best months
482m
Elevation
The water at Phu Fa waterfall, month by month
It roars from August to September.
The fullest months: from August to September. The thinnest: from November to April.
- 1.0 m³/sJan
- 0.9 m³/sFeb
- 1.3 m³/sMar
- 3.4 m³/sApr
- 8.4 m³/sMay
- 10.0 m³/sJun
- 16 m³/sJul
- 21 m³/sAug
- 18 m³/sSep
- 9.4 m³/sOct
- 3.4 m³/sNov
- 1.4 m³/sDec
From about 0.91 m³/s in the lowest month to 21 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July 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.
Getting there.
- Bo Klueanearest town · 18 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,980 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Nan Airport (NNT)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 50 km in a straight lineCar hire at NNT airport (Nan Airport)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July to Octoberbest 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 27 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 44 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpointsSunRise ViewPoint
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —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
- Bo Kluea18 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 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 27 |
| Night °C | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 13 | 5 | 29 | 74 | 143 | 129 | 207 | 242 | 166 | 62 | 16 | 11 |
| Wet days | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2 |
| Sun h/day | 6.9 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 6.8 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (482 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
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 | 0% | 0% | 118% | 155% | 112% | 173% | 79% | 223% | 85% | 113% | 65% | 0% |
| 2021 | 12% | 769% | 116% | 264% | 82% | 157% | 101% | 91% | 141% | 154% | 211% | 5% |
| 2022 | 222% | 1,175% | 605% | 150% | 167% | 91% | 164% | 118% | 103% | 109% | 169% | 20% |
| 2023 | 41% | 27% | 86% | 36% | 57% | 99% | 70% | 68% | 111% | 181% | 31% | 33% |
| 2024 | 57% | 0% | 52% | 85% | 130% | 180% | 82% | 146% | 170% | 82% | 129% | 53% |
| 2025 | 0% | 204% | 14% | 140% | 75% | 82% | 185% | 70% | 129% | 106% | 189% | 116% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Phu Fa waterfall
Thailand
- —Height
- 6.5 m³/sAverage flow
- Jul–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37471) · 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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