United Kingdom 
In numbers.
1.2m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr
Aug–Oct
Best months
174m
Elevation
The water at Plodda Falls, month by month
It roars from October to March.
The fullest months: from October to March.
- 2.0 m³/sJan
- 1.5 m³/sFeb
- 1.3 m³/sMar
- 0.9 m³/sApr
- 0.8 m³/sMay
- 0.6 m³/sJun
- 0.7 m³/sJul
- 1.0 m³/sAug
- 1.1 m³/sSep
- 1.5 m³/sOct
- 1.6 m³/sNov
- 1.7 m³/sDec
From about 0.63 m³/s in the lowest month to 2.0 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: April and from August 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.
Waterfall in Highland, Scotland, UK, on Allt na Bodachan
Plodda Falls is a waterfall on the Allt na Bodachan, in United Kingdom.
Getting there.
- Drumnadrochitnearest town · 24 km in a straight line
- Parking 310 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Inverness Airport (INV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 57 km in a straight lineCar hire at INV airport (Inverness)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 104 m in 1.8 km.
What is around.
- 2viewpointsPlodda Falls
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- 4picnic sites
- —toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmGuisachan Fall
- —caves
- —campsites
- 3hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmCougie, Tomich Holidays, Tomich Hotel
- —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
- Drumnadrochit24 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 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Night °C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 160 | 122 | 120 | 94 | 116 | 123 | 138 | 152 | 136 | 156 | 142 | 155 |
| Wet days | 23 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 23 |
| Sun h/day | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 12 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (174 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 | 108% | 188% | 105% | 45% | 97% | 129% | 93% | 68% | 102% | 150% | 105% | 109% |
| 2021 | 84% | 65% | 139% | 69% | 98% | 50% | 80% | 58% | 68% | 128% | 130% | 84% |
| 2022 | 90% | 163% | 29% | 110% | 134% | 80% | 101% | 59% | 63% | 94% | 111% | 75% |
| 2023 | 90% | 96% | 98% | 71% | 42% | 65% | 127% | 73% | 107% | 88% | 72% | 115% |
| 2024 | 89% | 110% | 65% | 126% | 69% | 98% | 95% | 100% | 55% | 67% | 63% | 174% |
| 2025 | 53% | 62% | 69% | 59% | 69% | 106% | 94% | 69% | 71% | 115% | 110% | 72% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Plodda Falls
United Kingdom
- —Height
- 1.2 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr, Aug–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7205060) · 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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