Australia 
In numbers.
Sep–Dec
Best months
1,316m
Elevation
The water at Tin Mine Falls, month by month
It roars from June to December.
The fullest months: from June to December.
- 60%Jan
- 66%Feb
- 68%Mar
- 64%Apr
- 63%May
- 86%Jun
- 87%Jul
- 100%Aug
- 98%Sep
- 95%Oct
- 97%Nov
- 81%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from September to December.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in New South Wales, Australia
Tin Mine Falls is a waterfall in Australia. It lies within Kosciuszko National Park.
Getting there.
- Cooma Snowy Mountains Airport (OOM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 77 km in a straight lineCar hire at ABX airport (East Albury)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From September to Decemberbest 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.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 2waymarked walking routesAustralian Alps Walking Track, Bundian Way
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmTin Mine Falls
- —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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 24 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 21 |
| Night °C | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 67 | 82 | 74 | 60 | 58 | 80 | 73 | 80 | 70 | 82 | 95 | 81 |
| Wet days | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | 9.9 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.9 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,316 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 | 115% | 153% | 229% | 264% | 88% | 106% | 119% | 122% | 77% | 255% | 55% | 111% |
| 2021 | 201% | 132% | 172% | 22% | 168% | 144% | 140% | 81% | 151% | 104% | 201% | 135% |
| 2022 | 270% | 75% | 109% | 119% | 113% | 96% | 62% | 180% | 155% | 357% | 207% | 126% |
| 2023 | 202% | 50% | 139% | 112% | 106% | 111% | 61% | 57% | 48% | 165% | 138% | 161% |
| 2024 | 190% | 56% | 32% | 101% | 75% | 84% | 97% | 82% | 111% | 100% | 145% | 82% |
| 2025 | 115% | 88% | 118% | 51% | 97% | 75% | 148% | 86% | 105% | 103% | 178% | 94% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Tin Mine Falls
Australia
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Sep–DecBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7807785) · 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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