Indonesia 
In numbers.
2.4m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Dec–Mar
Best months
806m
Elevation
The water at Curug Cipendok, month by month
It roars from December to March.
The fullest months: from December to March. The thinnest: from August to September.
- 4.8 m³/sJan
- 4.8 m³/sFeb
- 4.0 m³/sMar
- 3.4 m³/sApr
- 3.0 m³/sMay
- 2.2 m³/sJun
- 1.5 m³/sJul
- 0.7 m³/sAug
- 0.8 m³/sSep
- 1.9 m³/sOct
- 3.6 m³/sNov
- 4.7 m³/sDec
From about 0.73 m³/s in the lowest month to 4.8 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from December to March.
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.
- Baturadennearest town · 10 km in a straight line
- Parking 380 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Tunggul Wulung Airport (CXP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 36 km in a straight lineCar hire at CGK airport (Jakarta)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From December to Marchbest 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 583 m in 3.5 km. Here the river runs about 55 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpointsCurug Cipendok
- —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
- —hotels, 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
- Baturaden10 km in a straight line
- Purwokerto14 km in a straight line
- Sokaraja22 km in a straight line
- Wangon22 km in a straight line
- Rawalo22 km in a straight line
- Gambarsari23 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 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 24 |
| Night °C | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 327 | 328 | 260 | 228 | 220 | 139 | 99 | 39 | 90 | 208 | 315 | 354 |
| Wet days | 28 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 27 |
| Sun h/day | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (806 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 | 87% | 127% | 171% | 104% | 300% | 162% | 93% | 110% | 178% | 215% | 152% | 137% |
| 2021 | 112% | 164% | 96% | 69% | 40% | 186% | 52% | 257% | 190% | 88% | 136% | 92% |
| 2022 | 95% | 82% | 140% | 113% | 81% | 176% | 179% | 334% | 427% | 133% | 149% | 99% |
| 2023 | 66% | 68% | 82% | 130% | 63% | 89% | 114% | 21% | 3% | 6% | 77% | 46% |
| 2024 | 110% | 81% | 115% | 116% | 24% | 144% | 45% | 66% | 176% | 80% | 116% | 97% |
| 2025 | 100% | 74% | 70% | 88% | 186% | 172% | 60% | 612% | 336% | 236% | 135% | 87% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Curug Cipendok
Indonesia
- —Height
- 2.4 m³/sAverage flow
- Dec–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q5196032) · 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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