Nigeria 
In numbers.
Jul–Oct
Best months
511m
Elevation
The water at Mayanka Waterfalls, month by month
It roars from August to September.
The fullest months: from August to September. The thinnest: from November to April.
- 0%Jan
- 0%Feb
- 1%Mar
- 15%Apr
- 32%May
- 45%Jun
- 72%Jul
- 100%Aug
- 96%Sep
- 57%Oct
- 19%Nov
- 3%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July 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.
Getting there.
- Sabon Wusenearest town · 3.3 km in a straight line
- Parking 130 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 km in a straight lineCar hire at ABV airport (Abuja)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July 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.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 3car 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
- 2restaurants 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
- Sabon Wuse3.3 km in a straight line
- Bwari16 km in a straight line
- Suleja16 km in a straight line
- Madala23 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 | 32 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 32 |
| Night °C | 16 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 2 | 8 | 24 | 99 | 138 | 159 | 232 | 281 | 230 | 114 | 10 | 1 |
| Wet days | 0 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| Sun h/day | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 9.0 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (511 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 | — | 0% | 440% | 455% | 146% | 139% | 261% | 67% | 152% | 81% | 149% | — |
| 2021 | — | 0% | 565% | 41% | 241% | 315% | 191% | 198% | 196% | 215% | 1,749% | — |
| 2022 | — | 0% | 470% | 807% | 538% | 303% | 72% | 136% | 131% | 105% | 0% | — |
| 2023 | — | 4% | 1,068% | 192% | 327% | 142% | 67% | 60% | 68% | 107% | 123% | — |
| 2024 | — | 37% | 910% | 143% | 63% | 93% | 233% | 61% | 56% | 89% | 0% | — |
| 2025 | — | 14% | 11% | 56% | 59% | 108% | 83% | 83% | 98% | 90% | 3% | — |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Mayanka Waterfalls
Nigeria
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jul–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q104859260) · 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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