India 
In numbers.
Jul–Sep
Best months
157m
Elevation
The water at Raneh Falls, month by month
It roars from July to August.
The fullest months: from July to August. The thinnest: from November to June.
- 1%Jan
- 2%Feb
- 1%Mar
- 1%Apr
- 1%May
- 15%Jun
- 77%Jul
- 100%Aug
- 74%Sep
- 28%Oct
- 7%Nov
- 1%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July to September.
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.
- Khajuraho Group of Monumentsnearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,120 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Khajuraho Airport (HJR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 15 km in a straight lineCar hire at DEL airport (New Delhi)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July to Septemberbest 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 40 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 52 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 3viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmRaneh Falls
- —caves
- —campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- 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
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments12 km in a straight line
- Rājnagar13 km in a straight line
- Pāy16 km in a straight line
- Ajaigarh22 km in a straight line
- Panna23 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 | 35 | 41 | 44 | 41 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 25 |
| Night °C | 9 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 15 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 117 | 300 | 268 | 157 | 31 | 5 | 6 |
| Wet days | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 5.3 | 7.5 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 7.1 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 5.3 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (157 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 | 179% | 25% | 118% | 255% | 216% | 179% | 69% | 117% | 67% | 1% | 144% | 125% |
| 2021 | 8% | 17% | 35% | 14% | 405% | 121% | 109% | 73% | 114% | 182% | 6% | 110% |
| 2022 | 537% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 121% | 71% | 77% | 129% | 108% | 382% | 0% | 5% |
| 2023 | 62% | 0% | 257% | 183% | 276% | 140% | 52% | 97% | 133% | 19% | 361% | 78% |
| 2024 | 46% | 132% | 145% | 45% | 34% | 127% | 78% | 135% | 149% | 9% | 0% | 463% |
| 2025 | 15% | 9% | 0% | 131% | 884% | 194% | 231% | 91% | 105% | 211% | 22% | 0% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Raneh Falls
India
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jul–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37933) · 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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