Russia 
In numbers.
0.18m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Jun
Best months
310m
Elevation
The water at Kuk-Karauk waterfall, month by month
It roars from April to May.
The fullest months: from April to May, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from August to September and from November to March. Below −4 °C on average (from November to March): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.0 m³/sJan
- 0.0 m³/sFeb
- 0.2 m³/sMar
- 0.9 m³/sApr
- 0.9 m³/sMay
- 0.5 m³/sJun
- 0.2 m³/sJul
- 0.2 m³/sAug
- 0.2 m³/sSep
- 0.2 m³/sOct
- 0.2 m³/sNov
- 0.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.02 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.92 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to June.
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.
Kuk-Karauk waterfall is a waterfall in Russia.
Getting there.
- Parking 40 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Ufa International Airport (UFA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 119 km in a straight line
- From May to Junebest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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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 181 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 152 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmКаскад Кунгуртуй
- —caves
- 3campsitesВодопад
- 1hotels, 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 | -11 | -8 | -2 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 7 | -2 | -9 |
| Night °C | -18 | -17 | -10 | -1 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | -8 | -16 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 50 | 46 | 61 | 57 | 67 | 69 | 60 | 61 | 57 | 72 | 66 | 50 |
| Wet days | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 2.9 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 56 | 66 | 70 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 36 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (310 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 | 157% | 168% | 91% | 147% | 88% | 56% | 149% | 107% | 87% | 77% | 56% | 37% |
| 2021 | 118% | 147% | 112% | 60% | 23% | 67% | 55% | 6% | 98% | 69% | 94% | 158% |
| 2022 | 131% | 106% | 101% | 96% | 210% | 175% | 84% | 13% | 122% | 100% | 183% | 78% |
| 2023 | 72% | 103% | 92% | 33% | 39% | 91% | 103% | 87% | 162% | 218% | 147% | 171% |
| 2024 | 129% | 88% | 54% | 134% | 114% | 258% | 351% | 298% | 27% | 40% | 105% | 114% |
| 2025 | 140% | 41% | 137% | 140% | 127% | 183% | 132% | 144% | 47% | 94% | 98% | 118% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Kuk-Karauk waterfall
Russia
- —Height
- 0.18 m³/sAverage flow
- May–JunBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4245678) · 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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