South Korea 
In numbers.
0.56m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
72m
Elevation
The water at Cheonjeyeon Waterfalls, month by month
It roars from July to September.
The fullest months: from July to September. The thinnest: from December to February.
- 0.2 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.4 m³/sMar
- 0.6 m³/sApr
- 0.7 m³/sMay
- 0.8 m³/sJun
- 1.1 m³/sJul
- 1.2 m³/sAug
- 1.0 m³/sSep
- 0.6 m³/sOct
- 0.4 m³/sNov
- 0.3 m³/sDec
From about 0.25 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.2 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.
- Seogwiponearest town · 13 km in a straight line
- Parking 120 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Jeju International Airport (CJU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 30 km in a straight lineCar hire at CJU airport (Jeju City)Discover 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 108 m in 2.0 km. Here the river runs about 35 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 19viewpointsView of the Seonimgyo Bridge, 색달해안갯깍 주상절리대, 주상절리 and 16 more
- 2waymarked walking routesJeju Olle trail 7, Ollegil 8
- 50car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 7toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- 46bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsites글램핑빌리지
- 127hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km스프링힐리조트, 해성민박, 늘푸른명조민박 and 124 more
- 430restaurants 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
- Seogwipo13 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 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 11 |
| Night °C | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 50 | 66 | 90 | 136 | 141 | 192 | 240 | 261 | 185 | 89 | 72 | 56 |
| Wet days | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Sun h/day | 2.7 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 2.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (72 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 | 205% | 91% | 65% | 53% | 91% | 150% | 118% | 83% | 147% | 35% | 28% | 62% |
| 2021 | 133% | 109% | 176% | 57% | 105% | 105% | 143% | 129% | 136% | 35% | 122% | 31% |
| 2022 | 33% | 14% | 159% | 107% | 7% | 110% | 118% | 32% | 99% | 35% | 58% | 30% |
| 2023 | 88% | 76% | 36% | 53% | 106% | 87% | 135% | 57% | 87% | 11% | 127% | 173% |
| 2024 | 172% | 288% | 137% | 93% | 107% | 126% | 104% | 46% | 118% | 167% | 256% | 16% |
| 2025 | 56% | 121% | 71% | 93% | 142% | 95% | 105% | 65% | 110% | 184% | 68% | 43% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Cheonjeyeon Waterfalls
South Korea
- —Height
- 0.56 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q495557) · 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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