Vietnam 
In numbers.
Aug–Nov
Best months
893m
Elevation
The water at Thác Gougah, month by month
It roars from July to October.
The fullest months: from July to October. The thinnest: from January to April.
- 10%Jan
- 2%Feb
- 1%Mar
- 4%Apr
- 40%May
- 66%Jun
- 83%Jul
- 90%Aug
- 99%Sep
- 100%Oct
- 71%Nov
- 33%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from August to November.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Thác Gougah is a waterfall in Vietnam.
Getting there.
- Đưc Trọngnearest town · 6.3 km in a straight line
- Lien Khuong Airport (DLI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 8 km in a straight line
- From August to Novemberbest 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.
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.
Here the river runs about 20 m below the lower rim of its valley.
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
- 1campsitesсосновый лес
- 4hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHotel Van Toan, Hotel Kha Khai and 2 more
- 3restaurants 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
- Đưc Trọng6.3 km in a straight line
- Đinh Văn16 km in a straight line
- Xã Tân Hà17 km in a straight line
- Xã Tân Văn17 km in a straight line
- Thạnh Mỹ18 km in a straight line
- Huyện Lâm Hà21 km in a straight line
- Xã Hoài Đức23 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 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Night °C | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 14 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 138 | 152 | 169 | 174 | 183 | 178 | 109 | 42 |
| Wet days | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 7 |
| Sun h/day | 7.6 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (893 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 | 4% | — | 6% | 23% | 62% | 201% | 135% | 169% | 111% | 234% | 140% | 123% |
| 2021 | 11% | — | 32% | 382% | 146% | 112% | 126% | 131% | 161% | 170% | 162% | 36% |
| 2022 | 22% | — | 784% | 248% | 146% | 108% | 157% | 167% | 124% | 95% | 111% | 297% |
| 2023 | 277% | — | 3% | 12% | 124% | 156% | 205% | 110% | 170% | 92% | 64% | 107% |
| 2024 | 51% | — | 9% | 2% | 147% | 142% | 264% | 144% | 154% | 94% | 64% | 270% |
| 2025 | 33% | — | 126% | 57% | 188% | 184% | 115% | 92% | 177% | 223% | 239% | 208% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Thác Gougah
Vietnam
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Aug–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q32250999) · 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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