Brazil 
In numbers.
1.5m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Dec–Mar
Best months
881m
Elevation
The water at Itiquira Falls, month by month
It roars from December to March.
The fullest months: from December to March. The thinnest: from May to September.
- 3.0 m³/sJan
- 2.8 m³/sFeb
- 2.8 m³/sMar
- 2.0 m³/sApr
- 1.0 m³/sMay
- 0.5 m³/sJun
- 0.4 m³/sJul
- 0.4 m³/sAug
- 0.4 m³/sSep
- 1.1 m³/sOct
- 2.4 m³/sNov
- 3.0 m³/sDec
From about 0.38 m³/s in the lowest month to 3.0 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from December to March.
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.
- Planaltinanearest town · 19 km in a straight line
- Parking 680 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport (BSB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 75 km in a straight lineCar hire at BSB airport (Brasília)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From December to Marchbest 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.
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.
Around the falls the river drops 297 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 124 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmCachoeira do Espanhol, Cachoeira Véu de Noiva, Cachoeira do Indaiá
- —caves
- 1campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHotel Fazenda Indaiá
- 1restaurants 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
- Planaltina19 km in a straight line
- Formosa23 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 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 28 |
| Night °C | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 189 | 167 | 187 | 98 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 110 | 199 | 211 |
| Wet days | 23 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 25 |
| Sun h/day | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 6.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (881 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 | 91% | 89% | 111% | 148% | 85% | — | — | 67% | 56% | 114% | 48% | 61% |
| 2021 | 31% | 125% | 16% | 50% | 3% | — | — | 30% | 13% | 112% | 92% | 175% |
| 2022 | 90% | 100% | 15% | 20% | 31% | — | — | 3% | 109% | 36% | 106% | 127% |
| 2023 | 63% | 50% | 48% | 76% | 18% | — | — | 337% | 132% | 64% | 26% | 57% |
| 2024 | 133% | 83% | 82% | 41% | 1% | — | — | 0% | 1% | 92% | 93% | 66% |
| 2025 | 144% | 36% | 30% | 60% | 4% | — | — | 6% | 27% | 49% | 74% | 100% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q2838200) · 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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