India 
In numbers.
Jun–Sep
Best months
3,770m
Elevation
The water at Vasudhara Falls, month by month
It roars from July to August.
The fullest months: from July to August. The thinnest: from October to May. Below −4 °C on average (from December to March): the falls can partly freeze.
- 3%Jan
- 9%Feb
- 12%Mar
- 22%Apr
- 22%May
- 41%Jun
- 87%Jul
- 100%Aug
- 62%Sep
- 22%Oct
- 4%Nov
- 0%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
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.
- Dehradun Jolly Grant Airport (DED)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 139 km in a straight lineCar hire at IXC airport (Chandigarh)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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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 1,555 m in 2.3 km.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 1waymarked walking routesSurya Kund
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 3campsitesLakshmiban
- 4hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmGMVN Hotel Devlok, Janki Guest House, Charan Padhuka and 1 more
- —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 | -4 | -2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 3 | -1 |
| Night °C | -15 | -14 | -11 | -4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | -3 | -8 | -12 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 22 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 29 | 69 | 140 | 131 | 64 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
| Wet days | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Sun h/day | 5.7 | 6.0 | 8.5 | 10.4 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 8.1 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 18 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 14 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (3,770 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 | 281% | 226% | 347% | 356% | 277% | 74% | 75% | 54% | 11% | 0% | — | 107% |
| 2021 | 74% | 45% | 31% | 272% | 353% | 112% | 89% | 59% | 86% | 960% | — | 159% |
| 2022 | 354% | 116% | 1% | 18% | 136% | 42% | 102% | 68% | 289% | 513% | — | 7% |
| 2023 | 99% | 26% | 270% | 179% | 221% | 78% | 99% | 96% | 59% | 116% | — | 28% |
| 2024 | 15% | 100% | 219% | 31% | 78% | 38% | 99% | 68% | 137% | 10% | — | 272% |
| 2025 | 24% | 229% | 85% | 129% | 265% | 107% | 99% | 144% | 109% | 203% | — | 0% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Vasudhara Falls
India
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7917027) · 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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