Australia 
In numbers.
0.46m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jan–Apr
Best months
699m
Elevation
The water at Dangar Falls, month by month
It roars from February to March.
The fullest months: from February to March. The thinnest: from August to September.
- 0.5 m³/sJan
- 0.7 m³/sFeb
- 0.7 m³/sMar
- 0.5 m³/sApr
- 0.4 m³/sMay
- 0.4 m³/sJun
- 0.3 m³/sJul
- 0.3 m³/sAug
- 0.2 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.4 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.24 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.71 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from January to April.
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 New South Wales, Australia
Dangar Falls is a waterfall in Australia.
Getting there.
- Dorrigonearest town · 2.0 km in a straight line
- Parking 80 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Coffs Harbour Airport (CFS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 39 km in a straight lineCar hire at CFS airport (Coffs Harbour)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From January to Aprilbest 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 75 m in 3.6 km.
What is around.
- 4viewpointsDangar Falls Lookout, Stream train lookout and 2 more
- —waymarked walking routes
- 8car parks
- —swimming spots
- 9picnic sites
- 7toilets
- 2information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 6campsitesMountain Top Rest Area, Dorrigo Mountain Holiday Park, Dorrigo Rest Area and 3 more
- 4hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmFrontier Motel on Waterfall Way, Lookout Motor Inn, Mossgrove and 1 more
- 5restaurants 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
- Dorrigo2.0 km in a straight line
- Bellingen23 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 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 26 |
| Night °C | 16 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 156 | 184 | 177 | 78 | 70 | 92 | 32 | 56 | 44 | 96 | 117 | 127 |
| Wet days | 16 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 16 |
| Sun h/day | 7.9 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.7 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (699 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 | 121% | 207% | 133% | 87% | 51% | 59% | 179% | 68% | 62% | 101% | 19% | 353% |
| 2021 | 113% | 155% | 183% | 68% | 73% | 65% | 159% | 50% | 67% | 114% | 183% | 177% |
| 2022 | 141% | 260% | 216% | 77% | 116% | 15% | 188% | 68% | 203% | 188% | 40% | 81% |
| 2023 | 131% | 61% | 71% | 55% | 30% | 22% | 54% | 18% | 10% | 67% | 128% | 108% |
| 2024 | 176% | 95% | 77% | 175% | 109% | 36% | 176% | 105% | 103% | 93% | 124% | 72% |
| 2025 | 148% | 52% | 124% | 137% | 180% | 41% | 162% | 202% | 67% | 81% | 130% | 75% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Dangar Falls
Australia
- —Height
- 0.46 m³/sAverage flow
- Jan–AprBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q5215962) · 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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