Taiwan 
In numbers.
Jun–Sep
Best months
2,883m
Elevation
The water at Nenggao Waterfall, month by month
It roars from June to September.
The fullest months: from June to September. The thinnest: from January to February.
- 24%Jan
- 21%Feb
- 27%Mar
- 32%Apr
- 66%May
- 90%Jun
- 78%Jul
- 97%Aug
- 100%Sep
- 65%Oct
- 42%Nov
- 27%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.
Nenggao Waterfall is a waterfall in Taiwan.
Getting there.
- Hualien Chiashan Airport (HUN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 km in a straight lineCar hire in TaipeiDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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 752 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 233 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 2waymarked walking routes奇萊南華, 能高越嶺道
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsites營地
- 3hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km天池山莊, 雲海保線所, 檜林保線所
- —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 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 6 |
| Night °C | -3 | -2 | -1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 75 | 69 | 99 | 114 | 261 | 295 | 210 | 327 | 287 | 130 | 106 | 72 |
| Wet days | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (2,883 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 | 57% | 50% | 163% | 66% | 186% | 44% | 52% | 110% | 44% | 34% | 55% | 145% |
| 2021 | 33% | 75% | 46% | 33% | 59% | 180% | 121% | 177% | 39% | 174% | 58% | 80% |
| 2022 | 133% | 216% | 135% | 44% | 130% | 43% | 46% | 27% | 52% | 125% | 110% | 69% |
| 2023 | 47% | 45% | 38% | 81% | 46% | 58% | 52% | 76% | 64% | 69% | 13% | 71% |
| 2024 | 41% | 44% | 29% | 139% | 42% | 43% | 101% | 42% | 77% | 263% | 76% | 44% |
| 2025 | 57% | 127% | 209% | 182% | 117% | 79% | 356% | 57% | 44% | 200% | 207% | 175% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Nenggao Waterfall
Taiwan
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q15911414) · 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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