Senegal 
In numbers.
182m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Aug–Oct
Best months
4m
Elevation
The water at Barrakunda Falls, month by month
It roars from August to September.
The fullest months: from August to September. The thinnest: from December to June.
- 31 m³/sJan
- 31 m³/sFeb
- 31 m³/sMar
- 31 m³/sApr
- 32 m³/sMay
- 92 m³/sJun
- 252 m³/sJul
- 551 m³/sAug
- 677 m³/sSep
- 507 m³/sOct
- 234 m³/sNov
- 58 m³/sDec
From about 31 m³/s in the lowest month to 677 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from August to October.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Koinanearest town · 8.2 km in a straight line
- Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 270 km in a straight lineCar hire at DSS airport (Dakar)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From August to Octoberbest 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.
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
- Koina8.2 km in a straight line
- Brifu13 km in a straight line
- Sun Kunda18 km in a straight line
- Garawol20 km in a straight line
- Sutukoba22 km in a straight line
- Nyamanari24 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 | 34 | 38 | 41 | 42 | 42 | 38 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 |
| Night °C | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 17 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 92 | 170 | 268 | 212 | 64 | 3 | 0 |
| Wet days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 26 | 30 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Sun h/day | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8.6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (4 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 | — | — | — | — | 30% | 118% | 122% | 105% | 208% | 163% | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | 0% | 114% | 229% | 150% | 117% | 154% | — | — |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | 443% | 187% | 122% | 155% | 149% | 157% | — | — |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — | 38% | 173% | 111% | 94% | 90% | 219% | — | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | 83% | 89% | 129% | 98% | 143% | 205% | — | — |
| 2025 | — | — | — | — | 280% | 121% | 133% | 94% | 56% | 104% | — | — |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Barrakunda Falls
Senegal
- —Height
- 182 m³/sAverage flow
- Aug–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q808810) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| 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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