Taiwan 
In numbers.
Jun–Sep
Best months
286m
Elevation
The water at Jiji Waterfall, month by month
It roars from June to September.
The fullest months: from June to September. The thinnest: from November to April.
- 10%Jan
- 9%Feb
- 16%Mar
- 25%Apr
- 62%May
- 94%Jun
- 80%Jul
- 100%Aug
- 75%Sep
- 35%Oct
- 14%Nov
- 8%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Jiji Waterfall is a waterfall in Taiwan.
Getting there.
- Lugunearest town · 10 km in a straight line
- Parking 640 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base (RMQ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 51 km in a straight lineCar hire in TaichungDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints十三目仔窯看火車
- —waymarked walking routes
- 16car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 11toilets
- 2information boards and visitor centres
- 17bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 31hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km蘋果的家渡假別墅民宿, 集集大飯店, 八張民宿 and 28 more
- 42restaurants 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
- Lugu10 km in a straight line
- Zhushan14 km in a straight line
- Nantou15 km in a straight line
- Zhongxing New Village17 km in a straight line
- Ershui17 km in a straight line
- Caotun18 km in a straight line
- Linnei19 km in a straight line
- Tianzhong20 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 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 23 |
| Night °C | 12 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 14 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 49 | 45 | 82 | 115 | 256 | 312 | 216 | 329 | 187 | 60 | 46 | 42 |
| Wet days | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Sun h/day | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide. 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 | 58% | 51% | 130% | 59% | 166% | 47% | 39% | 92% | 42% | 20% | 49% | 137% |
| 2021 | 18% | 82% | 37% | 22% | 79% | 148% | 111% | 151% | 32% | 145% | 49% | 74% |
| 2022 | 95% | 257% | 142% | 22% | 118% | 41% | 30% | 28% | 35% | 88% | 105% | 51% |
| 2023 | 33% | 36% | 30% | 99% | 40% | 35% | 39% | 69% | 65% | 71% | 8% | 61% |
| 2024 | 31% | 55% | 35% | 129% | 41% | 44% | 100% | 27% | 96% | 258% | 84% | 37% |
| 2025 | 50% | 145% | 183% | 152% | 98% | 65% | 340% | 53% | 57% | 145% | 143% | 92% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Jiji Waterfall
Taiwan
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q17029470) · 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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