United Kingdom 
In numbers.
Apr
Aug–Oct
Best months
378m
Elevation
The water at Pistyll Rhaeadr, month by month
It roars from October to February.
The fullest months: from October to February.
- 89%Jan
- 76%Feb
- 69%Mar
- 61%Apr
- 55%May
- 56%Jun
- 58%Jul
- 61%Aug
- 60%Sep
- 78%Oct
- 94%Nov
- 100%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: April and from August to October.
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 Powys, Wales, UK
Pistyll Rhaeadr is a waterfall in United Kingdom.
Getting there.
- Llangynognearest town · 2.6 km in a straight line
- Parking 130 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 64 km in a straight lineCar hire at LPL airport (Liverpool)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- April and from August to Octoberbest 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 172 m in 3.2 km. Here the river runs about 37 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 4car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 6campsitesGlendower Holiday Park, Park Farm, Henstent and 3 more
- 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmPistyll Rhaeadr, Belle Vue, Hafan Maengwynedd Log Cabins and 5 more
- 1restaurants 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
- Llangynog2.6 km in a straight line
- Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant6.0 km in a straight line
- Llanfyllin12 km in a straight line
- Bala16 km in a straight line
- Llangollen19 km in a straight line
- Pant21 km in a straight line
- Oswestry22 km in a straight line
- Four Crosses23 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 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
| Night °C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 76 | 63 | 63 | 56 | 66 | 79 | 83 | 83 | 71 | 91 | 91 | 92 |
| Wet days | 17 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| Sun h/day | 1.1 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (378 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 | 95% | 252% | 90% | 57% | 20% | 146% | 107% | 146% | 69% | 150% | 79% | 152% |
| 2021 | 191% | 110% | 96% | 28% | 196% | 47% | 91% | 61% | 92% | 129% | 52% | 118% |
| 2022 | 36% | 175% | 59% | 58% | 102% | 52% | 50% | 40% | 120% | 114% | 127% | 80% |
| 2023 | 95% | 28% | 171% | 116% | 43% | 62% | 147% | 119% | 126% | 178% | 112% | 142% |
| 2024 | 123% | 167% | 160% | 137% | 139% | 56% | 107% | 59% | 186% | 110% | 62% | 108% |
| 2025 | 127% | 58% | 32% | 69% | 57% | 84% | 65% | 34% | 189% | 83% | 142% | 123% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Pistyll Rhaeadr
United Kingdom
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr, Aug–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q572158) · 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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