India 
In numbers.
1.6m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul–Oct
Best months
527m
Elevation
The water at Sanaghagara Waterfall, month by month
It roars from July to September.
The fullest months: from July to September. The thinnest: from November to May.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.2 m³/sMar
- 0.3 m³/sApr
- 0.7 m³/sMay
- 2.2 m³/sJun
- 4.7 m³/sJul
- 5.8 m³/sAug
- 5.2 m³/sSep
- 3.1 m³/sOct
- 1.1 m³/sNov
- 0.3 m³/sDec
From about 0.13 m³/s in the lowest month to 5.8 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July 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.
Getting there.
- Keonjhargarhnearest town · 4.1 km in a straight line
- Biju Patnaik International Airport (BBI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 156 km in a straight lineCar hire at CCU airport (Kolkata)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July to Octoberbest months to go (estimate)
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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.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —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
- Keonjhargarh4.1 km in a straight line
- Jhompra22 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 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 38 | 38 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 24 |
| Night °C | 9 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 12 | 18 | 24 | 45 | 96 | 218 | 344 | 337 | 266 | 129 | 16 | 10 |
| Wet days | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 7.0 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 6.6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (527 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 | 215% | 273% | 301% | 301% | 164% | 108% | 53% | 158% | 55% | 145% | 67% | 0% |
| 2021 | 7% | 11% | 40% | 82% | 341% | 102% | 87% | 67% | 145% | 104% | 213% | 644% |
| 2022 | 257% | 160% | 7% | 14% | 103% | 75% | 98% | 136% | 70% | 88% | 0% | 3% |
| 2023 | 2% | 2% | 205% | 120% | 96% | 93% | 75% | 93% | 107% | 70% | 35% | 284% |
| 2024 | 187% | 71% | 256% | 20% | 140% | 73% | 73% | 86% | 120% | 96% | 29% | 274% |
| 2025 | 0% | 110% | 191% | 252% | 161% | 145% | 106% | 71% | 112% | 110% | 0% | 0% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Sanaghagara Waterfall
India
- —Height
- 1.6 m³/sAverage flow
- Jul–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q38180) · 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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