Indonesia 
In numbers.
Dec–Mar
Best months
1,000m
Elevation
The water at Golden Valley Waterfall, month by month
It roars from January to March.
The fullest months: from January to March. The thinnest: from June to October.
- 100%Jan
- 96%Feb
- 76%Mar
- 48%Apr
- 28%May
- 15%Jun
- 8%Jul
- 4%Aug
- 5%Sep
- 8%Oct
- 25%Nov
- 68%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from December to March.
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 Munduk, Bali, Indonesia
Golden Valley Waterfall is a waterfall in Indonesia.
Getting there.
- Munduknearest town · 1.7 km in a straight line
- Parking 430 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 56 km in a straight lineCar hire at DPS airport (Kuta, Badung)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From December to Marchbest 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 413 m in 2.5 km. Here the river runs about 111 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 13viewpointsFar View To Waterfall, tamblingan lake, The View Restoran and 10 more
- 2waymarked walking routesWaterfalls Route, Rice Fields Route
- 5car parks
- —swimming spots
- 4picnic sites
- 6toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 9other named waterfalls within 4 kmMelanting Waterfall, Small, Labuhan Kebo and 6 more
- —caves
- —campsites
- 61hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmMeme Surung Homestay, Tamblang Sacred Mountain Springs Sanctuary, Made Homestay and 58 more
- 66restaurants 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
- Munduk1.7 km in a straight line
- Gitgit10 km in a straight line
- Busungbiu12 km in a straight line
- Lovina12 km in a straight line
- Sukasada13 km in a straight line
- Banjar14 km in a straight line
- Baturiti15 km in a straight line
- Singaraja16 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 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 |
| Night °C | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 316 | 252 | 201 | 123 | 82 | 53 | 40 | 24 | 38 | 57 | 134 | 272 |
| Wet days | 27 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 26 |
| Sun h/day | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 5.9 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,000 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
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 | 52% | 103% | 131% | 79% | 192% | 78% | 73% | 70% | 125% | 197% | 185% | 108% |
| 2021 | 151% | 142% | 137% | 88% | 37% | 247% | 61% | 182% | 267% | 175% | 234% | 152% |
| 2022 | 121% | 111% | 123% | 78% | 153% | 197% | 55% | 171% | 174% | 640% | 196% | 88% |
| 2023 | 81% | 172% | 75% | 106% | 26% | 54% | 362% | 75% | 8% | 1% | 67% | 52% |
| 2024 | 58% | 81% | 147% | 186% | 12% | 96% | 117% | 25% | 50% | 144% | 90% | 203% |
| 2025 | 125% | 106% | 153% | 135% | 189% | 205% | 190% | 41% | 326% | 175% | 183% | 133% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Golden Valley Waterfall
Indonesia
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Dec–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q122203119) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| 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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