Spain Waterfall

Pozo de los Humos

One of the waterfalls of Spain.

When to go

Hibiscus7 · CC BY-SA 4.0

In numbers.

3.9m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Nov–Feb

Best months

442m

Elevation

The water at Pozo de los Humos, month by month

It roars from November to March.

The fullest months: from November to March. The thinnest: from June to September.

11 m³/sJan
9.2 m³/sFeb
9.1 m³/sMar
7.5 m³/sApr
4.5 m³/sMay
2.0 m³/sJun
0.7 m³/sJul
0.5 m³/sAug
1.1 m³/sSep
6.6 m³/sOct
9.4 m³/sNov
10 m³/sDec

high water best months to go

From about 0.45 m³/s in the lowest month to 11 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from November to February.

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.

Pozo de los Humos is a waterfall in Spain. It lies within Arribes del Duero Natural Park.

Getting there.

Masueconearest town · 2.3 km in a straight line
Parking 420 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
Bragança Airport (BGC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 72 km in a straight lineCar hire in BragancaDiscover Cars · Affiliate link
From November to Februarybest 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.

Pozo de los Humos seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Río Uces through the falls

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.

The valley below the falls

Around the falls the river drops 199 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 180 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

5viewpointsPozo de los Humos, Mirador desembocadura río Uces and 3 more
3waymarked walking routesCamino del Pozo de los Humos, Etapa 35: Pereña de la Ribera – Masueco, Etapa 36: Masueco – Aldeadávila de la Ribera
3car parks
—swimming spots
3picnic sites
—toilets
3information boards and visitor centres
—bus stops within 1 km
2other named waterfalls within 4 kmPozo Airón, Cascada del Pinero
—caves
4campsitesEl Balcón de las Arribes, Aparcamieto de autocaravanas Aldeadávila de la Ribera, Las Casitas and 1 more
20hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHotel La Jara, Hostal El Palomar, 2 and 17 more
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

Masueco2.3 km in a straight line
Aldeadávila de la Ribera4.0 km in a straight line
Cabeza del Caballo9.8 km in a straight line
Villarino de los Aires10 km in a straight line
Mieza12 km in a straight line
Cerezal de Peñahorcada12 km in a straight line
Valsalabroso13 km in a straight line
Trabanca16 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	10	11	15	18	22	28	33	33	28	21	14	10
Night °C	2	2	4	6	10	14	16	16	14	10	5	2
Rain & snow (mm)	117	88	104	87	54	30	12	19	40	126	114	112
Wet days	12	9	10	12	11	5	2	3	6	12	13	12
Sun h/day	3.8	5.8	6.7	7.8	9.8	11.5	12.8	11.4	9.2	6.1	4.4	3.8
Snow on the ground (cm)	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (442 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Cascada del Pozo de los Humos del río Uces,afluente del Duero — Hibiscus7 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Arribes Duero - Mirador del Pozo de los humos — Antonio Esteban · CC BY-SA 4.0

Arribes Duero - Pozo de los humos — Antonio Esteban · CC BY-SA 4.0

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	84%	26%	139%	211%	103%	40%	123%	225%	123%	156%	129%	141%
2021	121%	199%	9%	112%	95%	268%	33%	24%	180%	55%	9%	83%
2022	14%	9%	107%	70%	19%	116%	210%	20%	189%	108%	189%	189%
2023	128%	14%	47%	29%	83%	258%	13%	8%	196%	172%	122%	55%
2024	96%	110%	151%	70%	99%	195%	79%	6%	100%	114%	56%	13%
2025	151%	60%	138%	122%	126%	65%	56%	16%	78%	86%	147%	93%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Pozo de los Humos

Spain

—Height
3.9 m³/sAverage flow
Nov–FebBest months

Pozo de los Lirios

Spain

—Height
—Average flow
Nov–FebBest months

See the guide

Pozo Airón

Spain

—Height
—Average flow
Mar, Nov–JanBest months

See the guide

Cachón del Camaces

Spain

—Height
1.8 m³/sAverage flow
Nov–FebBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q6083859) · 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.