Nepal 
In numbers.
Jun–Sep
Best months
3,483m
Elevation
The water at Pachal waterfall, month by month
It roars from July to August.
The fullest months: from July to August. The thinnest: from November to May. Below −4 °C on average (January): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0%Jan
- 8%Feb
- 15%Mar
- 21%Apr
- 23%May
- 48%Jun
- 100%Jul
- 97%Aug
- 64%Sep
- 25%Oct
- 6%Nov
- 1%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.
Getting there.
- Jumlanearest town · 16 km in a straight line
- Nepalgunj Airport (KEP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 155 km in a straight lineCar hire at KTM airport (Kathmandu)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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.
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
- Jumla16 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 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
| Night °C | -11 | -10 | -6 | -1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | -4 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 24 | 36 | 29 | 30 | 52 | 105 | 204 | 149 | 86 | 22 | 5 | 10 |
| Wet days | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Sun h/day | 7.3 | 7.9 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 15 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (3,483 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 | 282% | 387% | 230% | 470% | 312% | 187% | 117% | 71% | 48% | 3% | 144% | 6% |
| 2021 | 71% | 9% | 47% | 143% | 196% | 178% | 82% | 112% | 131% | 532% | 0% | 419% |
| 2022 | 100% | 163% | 5% | 70% | 128% | 37% | 76% | 105% | 154% | 799% | 11% | 16% |
| 2023 | 118% | 5% | 151% | 105% | 89% | 79% | 71% | 136% | 79% | 115% | 17% | 51% |
| 2024 | 4% | 28% | 128% | 4% | 56% | 88% | 106% | 93% | 176% | 36% | 0% | 43% |
| 2025 | 12% | 113% | 142% | 180% | 152% | 111% | 70% | 153% | 115% | 152% | 17% | 0% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Pachal waterfall
Nepal
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q13182987) · 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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