India Waterfall

Hirni Falls

One of the waterfalls of India.

When to go

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In numbers.

Jul–Oct

Best months

613m

Elevation

The water at Hirni Falls, month by month

It roars from July to September.

The fullest months: from July to September. The thinnest: from November to May.

1%Jan
1%Feb
2%Mar
2%Apr
7%May
36%Jun
85%Jul
100%Aug
84%Sep
43%Oct
13%Nov
2%Dec

high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July to October.

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 India

Hirni Falls is a waterfall in India.

Getting there.

Khuntinearest town · 24 km in a straight line
Birsa Munda Airport (IXR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 50 km in a straight lineCar hire at CCU airport (Kolkata)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
From July to Octoberbest 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.

Hirni 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.

What is around.

—viewpoints
—waymarked walking routes
—car parks
—swimming spots
—picnic sites
—toilets
—information boards and visitor centres
—bus stops within 1 km
—other named waterfalls within 4 km
—caves
—campsites
—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).

Towns nearby

Khunti24 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	28	33	38	39	34	29	28	27	26	24	22
Night °C	7	11	16	21	24	24	22	22	21	18	12	8
Rain & snow (mm)	14	17	23	36	78	223	368	334	245	92	8	10
Wet days	3	3	4	7	12	21	27	27	22	10	2	2
Sun h/day	6.4	7.5	8.4	8.9	8.2	5.6	3.5	4.1	4.9	6.5	6.9	6.2

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (613 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	274%	89%	354%	264%	128%	140%	104%	136%	76%	139%	111%	9%
2021	9%	22%	76%	63%	430%	139%	118%	82%	159%	161%	648%	401%
2022	232%	251%	5%	12%	141%	73%	62%	156%	90%	133%	0%	0%
2023	0%	0%	186%	119%	92%	46%	54%	86%	115%	120%	26%	614%
2024	50%	183%	200%	9%	88%	52%	74%	125%	194%	79%	4%	82%
2025	0%	84%	199%	131%	183%	240%	131%	79%	93%	87%	4%	0%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Hirni Falls

India

—Height
—Average flow
Jul–OctBest months

Panchghagh Falls

India

—Height
—Average flow
Jul–OctBest months

See the guide

Dassam Falls

India

—Height
12 m³/sAverage flow
Jul–OctBest months

See the guide

Jonha Falls

India

43 mHeight
2.3 m³/sAverage flow
Jul–OctBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q6430437) · 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.