India 
In numbers.
4.3m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
212m
Elevation
The water at Sathodi Falls, month by month
It roars from July to August.
The fullest months: from July to August. The thinnest: from November to May.
- 0.3 m³/sJan
- 0.2 m³/sFeb
- 0.3 m³/sMar
- 0.3 m³/sApr
- 1.1 m³/sMay
- 12 m³/sJun
- 19 m³/sJul
- 18 m³/sAug
- 12 m³/sSep
- 6.6 m³/sOct
- 2.4 m³/sNov
- 0.7 m³/sDec
From about 0.24 m³/s in the lowest month to 19 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
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.
- Yellāpurnearest town · 13 km in a straight line
- Hubballi Airport (HBX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 70 km in a straight lineCar hire in GoaDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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.
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 116 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 100 m below the lower rim of its valley.
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
- Yellāpur13 km in a straight line
- Ambikanagar21 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 | 30 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| Night °C | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 18 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 1 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 87 | 558 | 650 | 495 | 294 | 159 | 34 | 4 |
| Wet days | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 9.0 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 8.5 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (212 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 | — | — | 56% | 170% | 87% | 126% | 156% | 175% | 206% | 238% | 5% | — |
| 2021 | — | — | 46% | 155% | 403% | 125% | 169% | 57% | 154% | 152% | 429% | — |
| 2022 | — | — | 89% | 163% | 200% | 105% | 142% | 107% | 103% | 64% | 18% | — |
| 2023 | — | — | 2% | 44% | 88% | 82% | 195% | 33% | 126% | 20% | 185% | — |
| 2024 | — | — | 10% | 115% | 108% | 136% | 240% | 128% | 129% | 199% | 69% | — |
| 2025 | — | — | 105% | 121% | 693% | 124% | 146% | 136% | 83% | 210% | 40% | — |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Sathodi Falls
India
- —Height
- 4.3 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7426161) · 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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