India 
In numbers.
0.84m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Sep–Dec
Best months
412m
Elevation
The water at Suruli Falls, month by month
It roars from October to November.
The fullest months: from October to November. The thinnest: from January to April.
- 0.3 m³/sJan
- 0.2 m³/sFeb
- 0.2 m³/sMar
- 0.4 m³/sApr
- 0.8 m³/sMay
- 0.9 m³/sJun
- 0.9 m³/sJul
- 0.9 m³/sAug
- 1.0 m³/sSep
- 1.7 m³/sOct
- 1.6 m³/sNov
- 0.9 m³/sDec
From about 0.18 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.7 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from September to December.
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.
- Gudalurnearest town · 6.1 km in a straight line
- Parking 140 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Madurai Airport (IXM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 89 km in a straight lineCar hire at COK airport (Kochi)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From September to Decemberbest 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 205 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 34 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —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 kmSuruli Falls
- —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
- Gudalur6.1 km in a straight line
- Highways6.5 km in a straight line
- Cumbum8.3 km in a straight line
- Kāmayakkavundanpatti8.4 km in a straight line
- Puduppatti11 km in a straight line
- Hanumantanpatti14 km in a straight line
- Uttamapālaiyam16 km in a straight line
- Kombai20 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 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 |
| Night °C | 17 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 11 | 17 | 39 | 81 | 148 | 142 | 131 | 120 | 147 | 252 | 186 | 49 |
| Wet days | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 8 |
| Sun h/day | 7.9 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 6.0 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (412 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 | 55% | 38% | 26% | 59% | 77% | 64% | 98% | 83% | 98% | 96% | 119% | 227% |
| 2021 | 2,613% | 30% | 71% | 97% | 134% | 71% | 84% | 96% | 114% | 109% | 213% | 267% |
| 2022 | 199% | 50% | 97% | 188% | 80% | 66% | 149% | 141% | 51% | 76% | 95% | 193% |
| 2023 | 111% | 107% | 106% | 121% | 79% | 49% | 70% | 83% | 100% | 72% | 135% | 376% |
| 2024 | 219% | 38% | 12% | 30% | 133% | 79% | 62% | 145% | 37% | 85% | 62% | 282% |
| 2025 | 186% | 55% | 138% | 166% | 97% | 57% | 55% | 78% | 73% | 80% | 88% | 62% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Suruli Falls
India
- —Height
- 0.84 m³/sAverage flow
- Sep–DecBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q38191) · 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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