Russia 
In numbers.
37m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Aug
Best months
781m
Elevation
The water at Uchar waterfall, month by month
It roars from May to August.
The fullest months: from May to August, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from October to March. Below −4 °C on average (from November to March): the falls can partly freeze.
- 3.0 m³/sJan
- 5.6 m³/sFeb
- 26 m³/sMar
- 90 m³/sApr
- 118 m³/sMay
- 126 m³/sJun
- 122 m³/sJul
- 97 m³/sAug
- 53 m³/sSep
- 18 m³/sOct
- 17 m³/sNov
- 8.3 m³/sDec
From about 3.0 m³/s in the lowest month to 126 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to August.
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.
Uchar waterfall is a waterfall in Russia.
Getting there.
- Ölgii Mongolei International Airport (ULG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 270 km in a straight line
- From May to Augustbest 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 303 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 398 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpointsВид на водопад Учар
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmУчар
- —caves
- 2campsitesБаза с переправой, Усть-Чульча
- —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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | -9 | -5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 0 | -8 |
| Night °C | -20 | -18 | -11 | -1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 5 | -1 | -10 | -17 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 13 | 12 | 21 | 45 | 63 | 71 | 92 | 72 | 44 | 34 | 28 | 16 |
| Wet days | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Sun h/day | 4.4 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 26 | 28 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 23 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (781 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 | 107% | 198% | 90% | 26% | 112% | 201% | 120% | 141% | 68% | 108% | 45% | 106% |
| 2021 | 149% | 381% | 121% | 76% | 162% | 135% | 66% | 74% | 63% | 100% | 70% | 116% |
| 2022 | 88% | 54% | 135% | 93% | 52% | 66% | 85% | 65% | 74% | 89% | 109% | 130% |
| 2023 | 202% | 97% | 106% | 128% | 125% | 83% | 62% | 117% | 134% | 140% | 99% | 178% |
| 2024 | 131% | 180% | 86% | 98% | 119% | 159% | 92% | 81% | 123% | 111% | 84% | 98% |
| 2025 | 164% | 77% | 86% | 100% | 166% | 87% | 74% | 116% | 253% | 75% | 109% | 150% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Uchar waterfall
Russia
- —Height
- 37 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4092944) · 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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