Nepal 
In numbers.
Jul–Oct
Best months
1,737m
Elevation
The water at Todke waterfall, month by month
It roars from July to September.
The fullest months: from July to September. The thinnest: from November to May.
- 0%Jan
- 0%Feb
- 2%Mar
- 7%Apr
- 23%May
- 49%Jun
- 99%Jul
- 100%Aug
- 81%Sep
- 38%Oct
- 11%Nov
- 2%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.
- Ilāmnearest town · 15 km in a straight line
- Taplejung Airport (TPJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 42 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 194 m in 2.5 km. Here the river runs about 408 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
- 5hotels, 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
- Ilām15 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 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 14 |
| Night °C | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 6 | 12 | 30 | 64 | 144 | 235 | 419 | 317 | 242 | 70 | 4 | 3 |
| Wet days | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 6.4 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.1 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,737 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 | 415% | 318% | 585% | 162% | 138% | 219% | 205% | 131% | 260% | 49% | — | — |
| 2021 | 68% | 115% | 115% | 126% | 187% | 163% | 133% | 161% | 89% | 391% | — | — |
| 2022 | 153% | 262% | 98% | 245% | 163% | 289% | 90% | 124% | 136% | 202% | — | — |
| 2023 | 5% | 113% | 267% | 150% | 105% | 180% | 116% | 179% | 97% | 174% | — | — |
| 2024 | 42% | 54% | 318% | 58% | 134% | 327% | 148% | 108% | 242% | 153% | — | — |
| 2025 | 68% | 122% | 170% | 207% | 190% | 129% | 89% | 128% | 129% | 283% | — | — |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Todke waterfall
Nepal
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jul–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q30693020) · 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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