Australia Waterfall UNESCO World Heritage
Gunlom Falls
One of the waterfalls of Australia.
In numbers.
0.87m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jan–Apr
Best months
119m
Elevation
The water at Gunlom Falls, month by month
It roars from January to March.
The fullest months: from January to March. The thinnest: from May to November.
- 2.3 m³/sJan
- 2.5 m³/sFeb
- 2.1 m³/sMar
- 1.0 m³/sApr
- 0.4 m³/sMay
- 0.2 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.2 m³/sOct
- 0.5 m³/sNov
- 1.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.13 m³/s in the lowest month to 2.5 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 Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia
Gunlom Falls is a waterfall in Australia. It lies within Kakadu National Park. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Getting there.
- Parking 300 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin (DRW)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 201 km in a straight lineCar hire at DRW airport (Darwin)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From January to Aprilbest 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.
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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 92 m in 3.5 km. Here the river runs about 54 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 5viewpointsWaterfall Viewpoint, Hidden Gem Waterfall and 3 more
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 2toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsitesGunlom Falls (Udp Falls)
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —restaurants 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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 38 | 39 | 38 | 34 |
| Night °C | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 25 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 283 | 266 | 208 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 110 | 250 |
| Wet days | 27 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 25 |
| Sun h/day | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 9.1 | 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 (119 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 | 69% | 73% | 46% | 106% | 31% | — | — | — | 104% | 121% | 46% | 124% |
| 2021 | 100% | 154% | 105% | 41% | 0% | — | — | — | 19% | 138% | 68% | 101% |
| 2022 | 73% | 71% | 33% | 95% | 3% | — | — | — | 396% | 178% | 148% | 92% |
| 2023 | 64% | 111% | 44% | 78% | 0% | — | — | — | 0% | 9% | 52% | 91% |
| 2024 | 150% | 65% | 156% | 29% | 3% | — | — | — | 270% | 123% | 83% | 84% |
| 2025 | 96% | 103% | 157% | 104% | 268% | — | — | — | 244% | 164% | 142% | 85% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Gunlom Falls
Australia
- —Height
- 0.87 m³/sAverage flow
- Jan–AprBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q3324477) · 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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