Nepal 
In numbers.
Jun–Sep
Best months
1,649m
Elevation
The water at Rupse Falls, month by month
It roars from July to September.
The fullest months: from July to September. The thinnest: from November to May.
- 0%Jan
- 2%Feb
- 4%Mar
- 7%Apr
- 17%May
- 50%Jun
- 100%Jul
- 98%Aug
- 75%Sep
- 35%Oct
- 10%Nov
- 2%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June 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.
- Chitrenearest town · 15 km in a straight line
- Pokhara Domestic Airport (PKR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 52 km in a straight lineCar hire at KTM airport (Kathmandu)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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 581 m in 2.0 km. Here the river runs about 144 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 12viewpoints
- 1waymarked walking routesAnnapurna Circuit
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsites
- 24hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmAnnapurna Lodge, National Lodge, Eagle Nest Guest House and 21 more
- 4restaurants 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
- Chitre15 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 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 17 |
| Night °C | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 16 | 23 | 30 | 42 | 103 | 218 | 358 | 264 | 190 | 63 | 3 | 6 |
| Wet days | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,649 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 | 363% | 137% | 235% | 303% | 231% | 167% | 149% | 46% | 88% | 5% | — | 15% |
| 2021 | 25% | 35% | 133% | 84% | 250% | 247% | 161% | 276% | 172% | 401% | — | 788% |
| 2022 | 73% | 252% | 61% | 181% | 197% | 157% | 101% | 220% | 199% | 407% | — | 10% |
| 2023 | 41% | 70% | 248% | 121% | 117% | 88% | 148% | 193% | 105% | 236% | — | 42% |
| 2024 | 0% | 27% | 121% | 3% | 121% | 194% | 234% | 92% | 161% | 112% | — | 0% |
| 2025 | 4% | 52% | 59% | 225% | 280% | 150% | 92% | 148% | 177% | 209% | — | 5% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Rupse Falls
Nepal
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q13185628) · 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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