China 
In numbers.
0.23m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul–Oct
Best months
1,308m
Elevation
The water at Yuntai Mountain, month by month
It roars from July to September.
The fullest months: from July to September. The thinnest: from November to March. Below −4 °C on average (from December to January): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.2 m³/sMar
- 0.2 m³/sApr
- 0.3 m³/sMay
- 0.3 m³/sJun
- 0.6 m³/sJul
- 0.7 m³/sAug
- 0.7 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.2 m³/sNov
- 0.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.05 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.73 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July to October.
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.
Mountain in People's Republic of China
Yuntai Mountain is a waterfall in China.
Getting there.
- Macunnearest town · 17 km in a straight line
- Parking 2,240 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport (CGO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 110 km in a straight line
- From July to Octoberbest 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 134 m in 3.6 km.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 1bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 3hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km云裳民宿, 云台天阶国际饭店
- —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
- Macun17 km in a straight line
- Shanyang23 km in a straight line
- Xiuwu24 km in a straight line
- Jiaozuo24 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 | -1 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| Night °C | -11 | -8 | -4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | -4 | -10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 9 | 14 | 13 | 37 | 56 | 70 | 146 | 126 | 91 | 37 | 22 | 7 |
| Wet days | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Sun h/day | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,308 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 | 431% | 160% | 182% | 60% | 126% | 173% | 68% | 182% | 29% | 98% | 157% | 68% |
| 2021 | 22% | 317% | 145% | 82% | 59% | 84% | 435% | 165% | 326% | 195% | 114% | 128% |
| 2022 | 203% | 6% | 143% | 55% | 32% | 101% | 214% | 71% | 23% | 201% | 111% | 13% |
| 2023 | 90% | 124% | 112% | 263% | 256% | 59% | 145% | 162% | 116% | 26% | 157% | 543% |
| 2024 | 210% | 173% | 234% | 101% | 50% | 64% | 213% | 69% | 108% | 117% | 97% | 4% |
| 2025 | 178% | 10% | 272% | 11% | 52% | 63% | 71% | 136% | 313% | 536% | 91% | 165% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q8061385) · 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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