Kyrgyzstan 
In numbers.
0.12m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Jun
Best months
2,829m
Elevation
The water at Ak Sai Waterfall, month by month
It roars from April to May.
The fullest months: from April to May, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from July to February. Below −4 °C on average (from November to March): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.3 m³/sMar
- 0.5 m³/sApr
- 0.4 m³/sMay
- 0.2 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.0 m³/sAug
- 0.0 m³/sSep
- 0.0 m³/sOct
- 0.1 m³/sNov
- 0.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.01 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.49 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to June.
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.
Ak Sai Waterfall is a waterfall in Kyrgyzstan.
Getting there.
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- From May to Junebest 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 418 m in 0.8 km. Here the river runs about 281 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpointsПлато Тепши
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 3toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmШаркыратма
- —caves
- 15campsitesТекеторские ночевки, Томские стоянки, Стоянка Электро and 12 more
- 11hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmАльплагерь, Пирамида, Хижина Наука and 8 more
- 4restaurants 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 | -6 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 6 | -1 | -7 |
| Night °C | -22 | -20 | -11 | -5 | -1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | -5 | -12 | -19 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 23 | 30 | 44 | 64 | 49 | 30 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 34 | 38 | 29 |
| Wet days | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Sun h/day | 5.5 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 8.8 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 25 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 21 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (2,829 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 | 73% | 141% | 47% | 127% | 63% | 70% | 129% | 184% | 122% | 22% | 63% | 48% |
| 2021 | 54% | 79% | 133% | 66% | 52% | 71% | 43% | 111% | 12% | 106% | 117% | 103% |
| 2022 | 62% | 61% | 213% | 67% | 142% | 93% | 111% | 42% | 6% | 108% | 211% | 40% |
| 2023 | 112% | 59% | 32% | 8% | 66% | 77% | 26% | 20% | 96% | 36% | 47% | 55% |
| 2024 | 74% | 45% | 45% | 27% | 225% | 43% | 114% | 69% | 86% | 124% | 61% | 42% |
| 2025 | 44% | 33% | 114% | 25% | 21% | 24% | 107% | 24% | 53% | 35% | 19% | 99% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Ak Sai Waterfall
Kyrgyzstan
- —Height
- 0.12 m³/sAverage flow
- May–JunBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q27206401) · 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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