South Korea 
In numbers.
0.39m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
34m
Elevation
The water at Jeongbang Waterfall, month by month
It roars from June to September.
The fullest months: from June to September. The thinnest: January.
- 0.2 m³/sJan
- 0.2 m³/sFeb
- 0.3 m³/sMar
- 0.5 m³/sApr
- 0.5 m³/sMay
- 0.7 m³/sJun
- 0.8 m³/sJul
- 0.9 m³/sAug
- 0.8 m³/sSep
- 0.5 m³/sOct
- 0.3 m³/sNov
- 0.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.17 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.89 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
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 Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, South Korea
Jeongbang Waterfall is a coastal waterfall in South Korea.
Getting there.
- Seogwiponearest town · 1.3 km in a straight line
- Parking 60 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Jeju International Airport (CJU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 31 km in a straight lineCar hire at CJU airport (Jeju City)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.
Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
N
2 km
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 17 m in 0.9 km.
What is around.
- 12viewpoints소천지, Seobok sea view, Coastal view and 9 more
- 3waymarked walking routes올레길6 (Ollegil 6), Olle trail 6(B)
- 39car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 15toilets
- 3information boards and visitor centres
- 68bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 km소정방폭포, 천지연폭포
- —caves
- —campsites
- 98hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km신성리조트, 코코비치리조트, 서귀포오션리조트 and 95 more
- 1,524restaurants 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
- Seogwipo1.3 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 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 13 |
| Night °C | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 58 | 71 | 103 | 151 | 157 | 220 | 242 | 272 | 213 | 98 | 82 | 64 |
| Wet days | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | 2.7 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 2.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (34 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 | 214% | 113% | 79% | 46% | 90% | 81% | 161% | 72% | 209% | 46% | 31% | 69% |
| 2021 | 88% | 124% | 137% | 69% | 155% | 79% | 119% | 117% | 126% | 26% | 76% | 32% |
| 2022 | 42% | 31% | 139% | 119% | 16% | 263% | 111% | 34% | 98% | 40% | 50% | 36% |
| 2023 | 104% | 92% | 58% | 55% | 124% | 69% | 115% | 51% | 52% | 23% | 87% | 117% |
| 2024 | 110% | 250% | 144% | 77% | 83% | 167% | 102% | 39% | 86% | 155% | 245% | 16% |
| 2025 | 38% | 115% | 74% | 77% | 126% | 103% | 69% | 76% | 96% | 99% | 62% | 29% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Jeongbang Waterfall
South Korea
- —Height
- 0.39 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q625993) · 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.
The family
Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves or dark skies?
Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, month by month, in seven languages.
beaches
Find your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit 
lakes
Every lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Coming soonVisit 
mountains
Every summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit 
waterfalls
Every waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.You are here
islands
Every island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit 
rivers
Every river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit 
canyons
Every canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit 
caves
Every cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Coming soonVisit 
dark skies
Where the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Coming soonVisit