Turkey 
In numbers.
0.76m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–May
Best months
1,280m
Elevation
The water at Günpınar Waterfall, month by month
It roars from February to April.
The fullest months: from February to April, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from July to October.
- 2.0 m³/sJan
- 2.9 m³/sFeb
- 3.2 m³/sMar
- 3.2 m³/sApr
- 2.4 m³/sMay
- 1.1 m³/sJun
- 0.4 m³/sJul
- 0.2 m³/sAug
- 0.2 m³/sSep
- 0.7 m³/sOct
- 1.1 m³/sNov
- 1.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.18 m³/s in the lowest month to 3.2 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to May.
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.
Günpınar Waterfall is a waterfall in Turkey.
Getting there.
- Darendenearest town · 7.3 km in a straight line
- Parking 130 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Malatya Erhaç Airport (MLX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 60 km in a straight lineCar hire at MLX airport (Malatya)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to Maybest 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 71 m in 0.8 km. Here the river runs about 163 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmTiryandafil otel
- —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).
Towns nearby
- Darende7.3 km in a straight line
- Balaban17 km in a straight line
- Gürün23 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 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 28 | 33 | 33 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 5 |
| Night °C | -7 | -5 | -1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 0 | -4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 52 | 44 | 46 | 46 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 39 | 47 |
| Wet days | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | 5.1 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 9.6 | 12.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 4.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 19 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,280 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 | 118% | 116% | 180% | 73% | 87% | 78% | 11% | — | 11% | 4% | 133% | 77% |
| 2021 | 141% | 21% | 99% | 30% | 16% | 51% | 23% | — | 34% | 22% | 41% | 57% |
| 2022 | 117% | 61% | 121% | 30% | 158% | 133% | 0% | — | 111% | 33% | 175% | 33% |
| 2023 | 36% | 86% | 345% | 145% | 128% | 169% | 23% | — | 21% | 55% | 198% | 175% |
| 2024 | 115% | 101% | 89% | 106% | 80% | 59% | 147% | — | 92% | 26% | 115% | 78% |
| 2025 | 8% | 134% | 143% | 103% | 73% | 12% | 23% | — | 13% | 40% | 82% | 85% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Günpınar Waterfall
Turkey
- —Height
- 0.76 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–MayBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q31189554) · 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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