
In numbers.
Jul–Oct
Best months
263m
Elevation
The water at Rajrappa, month by month
It roars from July to September.
The fullest months: from July to September. The thinnest: from November to May.
- 1%Jan
- 1%Feb
- 1%Mar
- 2%Apr
- 6%May
- 35%Jun
- 85%Jul
- 100%Aug
- 83%Sep
- 42%Oct
- 13%Nov
- 2%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July 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.
Getting there.
- Sewāinearest town · 3.7 km in a straight line
- Parking 220 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Birsa Munda Airport (IXR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 53 km in a straight lineCar hire at CCU airport (Kolkata)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July 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 14 m in 1.8 km.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmRajrappa Guest House
- —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
- Sewāi3.7 km in a straight line
- Chitarpur8.8 km in a straight line
- Lālpania12 km in a straight line
- Tenu17 km in a straight line
- Sāram19 km in a straight line
- Hasir19 km in a straight line
- Rāmgarh19 km in a straight line
- Seota20 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 | 24 | 29 | 34 | 40 | 41 | 37 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 24 |
| Night °C | 9 | 13 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 14 | 16 | 21 | 30 | 67 | 212 | 347 | 312 | 228 | 86 | 7 | 8 |
| Wet days | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 6.4 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (263 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 | 260% | 70% | 364% | 264% | 126% | 138% | 111% | 121% | 90% | 131% | 91% | 11% |
| 2021 | 7% | 22% | 71% | 53% | 447% | 157% | 120% | 78% | 164% | 177% | 795% | 341% |
| 2022 | 210% | 241% | 3% | 13% | 119% | 62% | 55% | 151% | 89% | 143% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 | 0% | 0% | 195% | 126% | 82% | 44% | 54% | 88% | 121% | 156% | 23% | 696% |
| 2024 | 25% | 215% | 203% | 12% | 85% | 58% | 81% | 140% | 243% | 79% | 0% | 65% |
| 2025 | 0% | 71% | 155% | 136% | 168% | 247% | 121% | 85% | 97% | 98% | 18% | 0% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37433) · 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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