United Kingdom 
In numbers.
2.3m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr
Sep–Nov
Best months
80m
Elevation
The water at Avich Falls, month by month
It roars from October to February.
The fullest months: from October to February.
- 3.9 m³/sJan
- 3.0 m³/sFeb
- 2.4 m³/sMar
- 1.6 m³/sApr
- 1.3 m³/sMay
- 1.1 m³/sJun
- 1.2 m³/sJul
- 1.8 m³/sAug
- 1.9 m³/sSep
- 2.8 m³/sOct
- 3.2 m³/sNov
- 3.5 m³/sDec
From about 1.1 m³/s in the lowest month to 3.9 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: April and from September to November.
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 Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Avich Falls is a waterfall in United Kingdom.
Getting there.
- Obannearest town · 19 km in a straight line
- Parking 480 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Glasgow Airport (GLA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 69 km in a straight lineCar hire at GLA airport (Glasgow)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- April and from September to Novemberbest 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 56 m in 2.4 km. Here the river runs about 51 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 10hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- 1restaurants 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
- Oban19 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 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
| Night °C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 192 | 140 | 128 | 96 | 119 | 125 | 142 | 162 | 145 | 180 | 173 | 184 |
| Wet days | 23 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 22 |
| Sun h/day | 0.3 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (80 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 | 119% | 205% | 120% | 42% | 82% | 109% | 103% | 89% | 102% | 141% | 136% | 96% |
| 2021 | 57% | 112% | 146% | 43% | 84% | 56% | 57% | 64% | 74% | 122% | 87% | 78% |
| 2022 | 74% | 157% | 50% | 92% | 133% | 94% | 88% | 57% | 76% | 118% | 116% | 72% |
| 2023 | 87% | 79% | 106% | 88% | 38% | 66% | 125% | 62% | 101% | 83% | 70% | 101% |
| 2024 | 87% | 109% | 81% | 145% | 73% | 66% | 71% | 127% | 43% | 60% | 45% | 130% |
| 2025 | 44% | 96% | 63% | 54% | 67% | 107% | 83% | 68% | 80% | 101% | 102% | 89% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Avich Falls
United Kingdom
- —Height
- 2.3 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr, Sep–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4828769) · 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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