United Kingdom 
In numbers.
Apr
Aug–Oct
Best months
116m
Elevation
The water at The Hermitage, month by month
It roars in August and from October to March.
The fullest months: August and from October to March.
- 92%Jan
- 80%Feb
- 78%Mar
- 73%Apr
- 68%May
- 68%Jun
- 73%Jul
- 89%Aug
- 73%Sep
- 95%Oct
- 100%Nov
- 88%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: April and from August to October.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Park and waterfall in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
The Hermitage is a waterfall in United Kingdom.
Getting there.
- Dunkeldnearest town · 2.3 km in a straight line
- Parking 440 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Dundee Airport (DND)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 38 km in a straight lineCar hire at EDI airport (Ingliston, Edinburgh)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- April and from August to Octoberbest 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.
- 10viewpointsPine Cone Point, Lover's Leap, King’s Seat Viewpont and 7 more
- 26waymarked walking routesLoch of the Lowes Path, Birnam Riverside Path, Inver Path and 23 more
- 18car parks
- —swimming spots
- 3picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 13information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmFalls of Braan, Falls of the Braan
- 6caves
- 4campsitesInvermill Farm Caravan Park, Erigmore Leisure Park and 2 more
- 245hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmBirnam Hotel, Drummond House, Merryburn Hotel and 242 more
- 10restaurants 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
- Dunkeld2.3 km in a straight line
- Bankfoot9.1 km in a straight line
- Stanley13 km in a straight line
- Luncarty15 km in a straight line
- Methven16 km in a straight line
- Aberfeldy17 km in a straight line
- Almondbank17 km in a straight line
- Blairgowrie and Rattray18 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 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 |
| Night °C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 98 | 75 | 74 | 64 | 80 | 98 | 109 | 124 | 80 | 117 | 103 | 90 |
| Wet days | 18 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 17 |
| Sun h/day | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (116 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 | 81% | 191% | 70% | 36% | 52% | 105% | 105% | 97% | 67% | 148% | 99% | 137% |
| 2021 | 71% | 185% | 76% | 24% | 140% | 36% | 88% | 88% | 89% | 120% | 60% | 117% |
| 2022 | 46% | 135% | 81% | 74% | 96% | 62% | 67% | 53% | 134% | 118% | 168% | 101% |
| 2023 | 83% | 50% | 139% | 114% | 51% | 58% | 135% | 58% | 145% | 137% | 98% | 158% |
| 2024 | 82% | 100% | 152% | 188% | 122% | 56% | 81% | 101% | 48% | 74% | 38% | 103% |
| 2025 | 59% | 90% | 48% | 60% | 53% | 71% | 59% | 51% | 103% | 83% | 133% | 125% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
The Hermitage
United Kingdom
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr, Aug–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7739475) · 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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