Nepal 
In numbers.
Jul–Oct
Best months
1,582m
Elevation
The water at Simba waterfall, month by month
It roars from July to September.
The fullest months: from July to September. The thinnest: from November to May.
- 1%Jan
- 2%Feb
- 3%Mar
- 4%Apr
- 16%May
- 46%Jun
- 94%Jul
- 100%Aug
- 79%Sep
- 35%Oct
- 10%Nov
- 1%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.
- Pātannearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 15 km in a straight lineCar hire at KTM airport (Kathmandu)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July to Octoberbest 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 163 m in 1.7 km. Here the river runs about 57 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 3campsites
- 17hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmDakshinkali Resort, Family guesthouse and 15 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
- Pātan12 km in a straight line
- Ki̇̄rtipur13 km in a straight line
- Kathmandu15 km in a straight line
- Madhyapur Thimi15 km in a straight line
- kankrabari Dovan17 km in a straight line
- Bhaktapur17 km in a straight line
- Panauti̇̄21 km in a straight line
- Panauti22 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 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 14 |
| Night °C | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 12 | 19 | 24 | 39 | 100 | 200 | 323 | 262 | 184 | 51 | 4 | 5 |
| Wet days | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.9 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,582 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 | 342% | 139% | 233% | 241% | 158% | 177% | 174% | 53% | 145% | 25% | — | 128% |
| 2021 | 0% | 16% | 56% | 108% | 279% | 171% | 149% | 195% | 116% | 291% | — | 643% |
| 2022 | 53% | 241% | 42% | 145% | 192% | 159% | 93% | 128% | 125% | 268% | — | 0% |
| 2023 | 0% | 26% | 214% | 92% | 87% | 61% | 124% | 167% | 88% | 170% | — | 47% |
| 2024 | 0% | 18% | 196% | 5% | 91% | 156% | 154% | 103% | 199% | 62% | — | 0% |
| 2025 | 3% | 7% | 342% | 156% | 166% | 112% | 70% | 119% | 123% | 466% | — | 0% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Simba waterfall
Nepal
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jul–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q104881168) · 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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