Taiwan 
In numbers.
Jul–Oct
Best months
230m
Elevation
The water at Baiyu Waterfall, month by month
It roars from August to September.
The fullest months: from August to September. The thinnest: from November to April.
- 7%Jan
- 6%Feb
- 7%Mar
- 9%Apr
- 28%May
- 53%Jun
- 70%Jul
- 100%Aug
- 85%Sep
- 43%Oct
- 19%Nov
- 9%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July to October.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Baiyu Waterfall is a waterfall in Taiwan.
Getting there.
- Taitungnearest town · 15 km in a straight line
- Parking 90 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Taitung Airport (TTT)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 11 km in a straight lineCar hire in TaitungDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July to Octoberbest 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 214 m in 1.0 km. Here the river runs about 152 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpoints知本林道瀑布
- 1waymarked walking routes千里步道台東海線
- 7car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- 3bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 km知本林道瀑布
- —caves
- 4campsites老尪婆民宿, campground, 沙丘營地 and 1 more
- 30hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km九族溫泉飯店, 元新溫泉飯店, 茶餘.飯後 and 27 more
- 16restaurants 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
- Taitung15 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 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 22 |
| Night °C | 19 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 20 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 47 | 41 | 53 | 68 | 176 | 259 | 290 | 398 | 260 | 93 | 72 | 47 |
| Wet days | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 2.3 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (230 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 | 117% | 106% | 141% | 84% | 199% | 31% | 51% | 106% | 48% | 84% | 224% | 255% |
| 2021 | 68% | 129% | 53% | 99% | 22% | 116% | 116% | 120% | 55% | 225% | 101% | 120% |
| 2022 | 227% | 213% | 147% | 70% | 148% | 38% | 57% | 36% | 42% | 123% | 109% | 111% |
| 2023 | 102% | 77% | 63% | 170% | 51% | 60% | 96% | 63% | 97% | 202% | 31% | 108% |
| 2024 | 95% | 64% | 62% | 127% | 63% | 40% | 102% | 40% | 73% | 329% | 157% | 119% |
| 2025 | 119% | 155% | 136% | 118% | 77% | 136% | 202% | 93% | 90% | 128% | 165% | 140% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Baiyu Waterfall
Taiwan
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jul–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q21041652) · 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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