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Datanla falls

One of the waterfalls of Vietnam.

When to go

Datanla Waterfall 1
Du Tran · CC BY 2.0

In numbers.

Sep–Dec

Best months

1,320m

Elevation

The water at Datanla falls, month by month

It roars from October to November.

The fullest months: from October to November. The thinnest: from February to June.

  1. 26%Jan
  2. 6%Feb
  3. 2%Mar
  4. 4%Apr
  5. 22%May
  6. 24%Jun
  7. 27%Jul
  8. 32%Aug
  9. 59%Sep
  10. 81%Oct
  11. 100%Nov
  12. 65%Dec
high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from September to December.

Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Waterfall in Đà Lạt

Datanla falls is a waterfall in Vietnam.

Getting there.

  • Ðà Lạtnearest town · 5.0 km in a straight line
  • Parking 280 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Lien Khuong Airport (DLI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 19 km in a straight line
  • From September to Decemberbest months to go (estimate)

Plan your visit

Stay, explore and get there

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Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Datanla falls seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Đa Tan La through the falls
1,200 m1,300 mDatanla falls-1 km-0.5 km0+0.5 km+1 km+1.5 km← upstreamdownstream →

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.

The valley below the falls
−690 m+690 m

Around the falls the river drops 206 m in 2.8 km. Here the river runs about 28 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • 2viewpointsHồ Tuyền Lâm
  • —waymarked walking routes
  • 6car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • 1picnic sites
  • 4toilets
  • —information boards and visitor centres
  • 1bus stops within 1 km
  • 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmThác Prenn, Thác bảo đại ; làng xì trum
  • —caves
  • 4campsitesBờ hồ and 3 more
  • 450hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmBinh Yen, Du Lịch Công Đoàn, Sammy and 447 more
  • 46restaurants 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

  • Ðà Lạt5.0 km in a straight line
  • Lạc Dương12 km in a straight line
  • Thạnh Mỹ16 km in a straight line
  • Đưc Trọng20 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C202224262625242423222120
Night °C121213151717171716151413
Rain & snow (mm)349233811286101117197225251112
Wet days52361516181821221812
Sun h/day5.87.57.77.86.75.85.44.95.04.74.13.9

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,320 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Datanla falls (August 8, 2018) (30149107248)
Damian Vo · CC BY-SA 2.0
Datanla Waterfall 2
thalling55 · CC BY 2.0
Thac
Original uploader was Petertan at vi.wikipedia · Public domain

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
20208%82%4%56%59%181%167%213%109%202%149%103%
202118%25%57%371%169%166%165%137%163%271%189%58%
202244%274%669%310%173%140%219%253%134%146%83%269%
2023328%182%14%14%185%218%277%136%175%98%69%102%
202490%165%24%3%200%252%353%166%149%80%37%184%
202567%795%134%54%249%259%123%120%224%190%219%96%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Datanla falls

Vietnam

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Sep–DecBest months

Elephant Waterfalls

Vietnam

  • —Height
  • 7.0 m³/sAverage flow
  • Aug–NovBest months

See the guide

Prenn Falls

Vietnam

  • —Height
  • 1.4 m³/sAverage flow
  • Sep–DecBest months

See the guide

Pongour Waterfall

Vietnam

  • 40 mHeight
  • 51 m³/sAverage flow
  • Aug–NovBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q10825643) · CC0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX 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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