Turkey 
In numbers.
2.1m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar
Oct–Dec
Best months
447m
Elevation
The water at Tatlıca Waterfalls, month by month
It roars from November to March.
The fullest months: from November to March. The thinnest: from July to August.
- 3.9 m³/sJan
- 3.3 m³/sFeb
- 3.2 m³/sMar
- 2.5 m³/sApr
- 1.9 m³/sMay
- 1.4 m³/sJun
- 0.8 m³/sJul
- 0.6 m³/sAug
- 1.4 m³/sSep
- 2.6 m³/sOct
- 3.2 m³/sNov
- 4.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.58 m³/s in the lowest month to 4.1 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: March and from October 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.
Waterfalls in Sinop Province, Turkey
Tatlıca Waterfalls is a waterfall in Turkey.
Getting there.
- Erfeleknearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Parking 380 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Sinop Airport (NOP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 32 km in a straight lineCar hire at NOP airport (Sinop)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- March and from October 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 30 m in 1.4 km. Here the river runs about 162 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 1waymarked walking routestatlıca şelaleri
- 1car 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
- 1restaurants 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
- Erfelek12 km in a straight line
- Yenikonak15 km in a straight line
- Ayancık20 km in a straight line
- Kabalı24 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 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 8 |
| Night °C | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 73 | 54 | 60 | 41 | 48 | 49 | 31 | 29 | 61 | 77 | 71 | 95 |
| Wet days | 14 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 15 |
| Sun h/day | 2.4 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 7.8 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 2.4 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (447 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 | 130% | 154% | 49% | 88% | 90% | 146% | 48% | 35% | 26% | 36% | 65% | 56% |
| 2021 | 97% | 98% | 123% | 120% | 154% | 117% | 128% | 353% | 112% | 53% | 82% | 84% |
| 2022 | 180% | 115% | 150% | 75% | 84% | 230% | 58% | 64% | 110% | 64% | 27% | 89% |
| 2023 | 47% | 136% | 162% | 173% | 136% | 248% | 150% | 12% | 37% | 82% | 169% | 83% |
| 2024 | 155% | 55% | 124% | 47% | 133% | 9% | 157% | 72% | 183% | 125% | 122% | 46% |
| 2025 | 61% | 207% | 34% | 139% | 73% | 58% | 64% | 31% | 95% | 133% | 31% | 163% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q6031333) · 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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