Myanmar 
In numbers.
1.4m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Aug
Oct
Best months
735m
Elevation
The water at Dat Taw Gyaint Waterfall, month by month
It roars from June to October.
The fullest months: from June to October. The thinnest: from December to April.
- 0.5 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.2 m³/sMar
- 0.5 m³/sApr
- 1.8 m³/sMay
- 3.7 m³/sJun
- 3.5 m³/sJul
- 3.7 m³/sAug
- 3.1 m³/sSep
- 3.2 m³/sOct
- 1.5 m³/sNov
- 0.7 m³/sDec
From about 0.23 m³/s in the lowest month to 3.7 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to August and October.
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.
Dat Taw Gyaint Waterfall is a waterfall in Myanmar.
Getting there.
- Pyin Oo Lwinnearest town · 9.2 km in a straight line
- Mandalay International Airport (MDL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 53 km in a straight line
- From June to August and Octoberbest 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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2 km
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 46 m in 1.5 km.
What is around.
- 3viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmDat Daw Gyaik Waterfall, Anisakan Falls
- —caves
- —campsites
- 11hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmရာပြည့်စံ, Shwe Bhone RA, Oasis Guest House and 8 more
- 4restaurants 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
- Pyin Oo Lwin9.2 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 | 26 | 30 | 33 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 27 |
| Night °C | 11 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 13 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 10 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 44 | 33 | 38 | 30 | 33 | 9 | 7 |
| Wet days | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 8.7 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 7.9 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (735 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 | 304% | — | 22% | 135% | 89% | 167% | 290% | 192% | 204% | 197% | 162% | 8% |
| 2021 | 15% | — | 34% | 155% | 201% | 140% | 143% | 140% | 151% | 121% | 214% | 214% |
| 2022 | 115% | — | 205% | 247% | 244% | 173% | 110% | 139% | 167% | 90% | 48% | 235% |
| 2023 | 3% | — | 155% | 63% | 123% | 133% | 123% | 143% | 283% | 139% | 434% | 415% |
| 2024 | 62% | — | 146% | 80% | 250% | 220% | 254% | 154% | 187% | 99% | 466% | 54% |
| 2025 | 3% | — | 146% | 135% | 262% | 144% | 170% | 151% | 163% | 124% | 352% | 12% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Dat Taw Gyaint Waterfall
Myanmar
- —Height
- 1.4 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–Aug, OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q20613471) · 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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