Australia 
In numbers.
0.16m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar
Oct–Dec
Best months
1,658m
Elevation
The water at Valentine Falls, month by month
It roars from June to November.
The fullest months: from June to November.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.1 m³/sMar
- 0.1 m³/sApr
- 0.1 m³/sMay
- 0.2 m³/sJun
- 0.3 m³/sJul
- 0.3 m³/sAug
- 0.3 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.2 m³/sNov
- 0.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.05 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.34 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.
Waterfall in Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia
Valentine Falls is a waterfall in Australia. It lies within Kosciuszko National Park.
Getting there.
- Kosciuszko National Parknearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Cooma Snowy Mountains Airport (OOM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 55 km in a straight lineCar hire at CBR airport (Canberra)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 132 m in 3.1 km. Here the river runs about 104 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 1waymarked walking routesAustralian Alps Walking Track
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmValentine 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
- Kosciuszko National Park12 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 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 19 |
| Night °C | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | -2 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 62 | 82 | 72 | 57 | 58 | 85 | 80 | 88 | 74 | 79 | 93 | 79 |
| Wet days | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Sun h/day | 10.7 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 10.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,658 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 | 103% | 143% | 206% | 275% | 86% | 97% | 105% | 118% | 76% | 243% | 56% | 105% |
| 2021 | 179% | 138% | 159% | 17% | 141% | 123% | 119% | 62% | 115% | 95% | 195% | 120% |
| 2022 | 297% | 59% | 96% | 115% | 103% | 79% | 47% | 147% | 133% | 342% | 184% | 108% |
| 2023 | 218% | 55% | 129% | 112% | 81% | 92% | 43% | 44% | 38% | 131% | 128% | 162% |
| 2024 | 191% | 40% | 29% | 93% | 57% | 69% | 79% | 60% | 93% | 81% | 123% | 73% |
| 2025 | 118% | 94% | 96% | 40% | 91% | 64% | 112% | 69% | 91% | 79% | 133% | 87% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Valentine Falls
Australia
- —Height
- 0.16 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar, Oct–DecBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7910964) · 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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