Chile 
In numbers.
18m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
312m
Elevation
The water at Ojos del Caburgua, month by month
It roars from June to August.
The fullest months: from June to August. The thinnest: from December to April.
- 4.7 m³/sJan
- 3.6 m³/sFeb
- 5.2 m³/sMar
- 11 m³/sApr
- 23 m³/sMay
- 37 m³/sJun
- 41 m³/sJul
- 39 m³/sAug
- 29 m³/sSep
- 21 m³/sOct
- 14 m³/sNov
- 8.5 m³/sDec
From about 3.6 m³/s in the lowest month to 41 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
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.
Water fall that is a common tourist attraction in Pucón, Chile
Ojos del Caburgua is a waterfall in Chile.
Getting there.
- Pucónnearest town · 11 km in a straight line
- Parking 110 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- La Araucanía International Airport (ZCO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 79 km in a straight lineCar hire at ZCO airport (Temuco)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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 62 m in 3.1 km.
What is around.
- 5viewpointsOjos del Caburgua, Laguna Azul and 3 more
- —waymarked walking routes
- 3car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 4bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmSalto los Copihues, Salto Bellavista, Ojos del Caburgua
- —caves
- 11campsitesCamping Caburgua Playa Blanca, Las Vertientes Camping y Cabaña, Camping Ojos de Caburgua and 8 more
- 13hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmKodKod, Cabañas Natural Park Lodge Pucón WE CARE, southmontanus and 10 more
- 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
- Pucón11 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 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 22 |
| Night °C | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 29 | 31 | 46 | 72 | 128 | 182 | 160 | 136 | 86 | 82 | 59 | 44 |
| Wet days | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 |
| Sun h/day | 12.6 | 11.7 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 10.2 | 11.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (312 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 | 53% | 75% | 38% | 54% | 74% | 133% | 173% | 47% | 39% | 42% | 17% | 50% |
| 2021 | 169% | 16% | 18% | 72% | 117% | 63% | 37% | 84% | 43% | 34% | 28% | 15% |
| 2022 | 109% | 66% | 74% | 124% | 39% | 38% | 46% | 30% | 48% | 28% | 8% | 23% |
| 2023 | 18% | 6% | 26% | 59% | 12% | 82% | 84% | 51% | 105% | 24% | 47% | 9% |
| 2024 | 5% | 2% | 66% | 68% | 67% | 80% | 8% | 17% | 172% | 55% | 113% | 27% |
| 2025 | 82% | 46% | 126% | 172% | 71% | 103% | 43% | 32% | 44% | 79% | 32% | 20% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Ojos del Caburgua
Chile
- —Height
- 18 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37684) · 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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