Taiwan 
In numbers.
1.2m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
359m
Elevation
The water at Xiao Wulai Waterfall, month by month
It roars from June to September.
The fullest months: from June to September.
- 0.7 m³/sJan
- 0.6 m³/sFeb
- 0.8 m³/sMar
- 0.8 m³/sApr
- 1.3 m³/sMay
- 1.8 m³/sJun
- 1.4 m³/sJul
- 1.7 m³/sAug
- 1.8 m³/sSep
- 1.1 m³/sOct
- 0.8 m³/sNov
- 0.7 m³/sDec
From about 0.61 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.8 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
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.
Getting there.
- Daxinearest town · 13 km in a straight line
- Parking 300 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 35 km in a straight lineCar hire in TaipeiDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest months to go (estimate)
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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 160 m in 2.9 km.
What is around.
- 6viewpoints觀瀑樓 and 5 more
- —waymarked walking routes
- 4car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 4toilets
- 14information boards and visitor centres
- 8bus stops within 1 km
- 11other named waterfalls within 4 km宇內瀑布, Takahashi Bridge Waterfall, Devil Waterfall and 8 more
- —caves
- 8campsites山大王營地, 山大王露營區, 優霞谷戲水烤肉區 and 5 more
- 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km山水奇異民宿, 秘境瀑布民宿, 遇見・角板山 and 5 more
- 9restaurants 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
- Daxi13 km in a straight line
- Sanxia16 km in a straight line
- Bade18 km in a straight line
- Yingge18 km in a straight line
- Wulai20 km in a straight line
- Shulin23 km in a straight line
- Neili23 km in a straight line
- Taoyuan24 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 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 17 |
| Night °C | 11 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 13 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 95 | 88 | 126 | 122 | 227 | 270 | 169 | 263 | 243 | 108 | 107 | 96 |
| Wet days | 16 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
| Sun h/day | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 1.1 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (359 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 | 61% | 62% | 164% | 68% | 153% | 49% | 84% | 92% | 63% | 49% | 72% | 191% |
| 2021 | 69% | 69% | 53% | 56% | 98% | 136% | 104% | 224% | 46% | 224% | 75% | 83% |
| 2022 | 108% | 244% | 116% | 64% | 165% | 67% | 81% | 23% | 57% | 183% | 179% | 94% |
| 2023 | 58% | 58% | 37% | 79% | 61% | 59% | 68% | 100% | 62% | 95% | 28% | 95% |
| 2024 | 52% | 66% | 59% | 161% | 81% | 82% | 156% | 53% | 78% | 271% | 101% | 32% |
| 2025 | 46% | 99% | 218% | 157% | 119% | 111% | 302% | 29% | 27% | 187% | 246% | 123% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Xiao Wulai Waterfall
Taiwan
- —Height
- 1.2 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q34682554) · 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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