France 
In numbers.
0.27m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Aug–Nov
Best months
81m
Elevation
The water at Acomat Falls, month by month
It roars from September to November.
The fullest months: from September to November. The thinnest: from February to April.
- 0.2 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.1 m³/sMar
- 0.1 m³/sApr
- 0.2 m³/sMay
- 0.3 m³/sJun
- 0.4 m³/sJul
- 0.5 m³/sAug
- 0.6 m³/sSep
- 0.7 m³/sOct
- 0.7 m³/sNov
- 0.4 m³/sDec
From about 0.11 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.68 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from August to November.
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.
- Pointe-Noirenearest town · 4.0 km in a straight line
- Parking 90 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Maryse Condé International Airport (PTP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 km in a straight lineCar hire at PTP airport (Pointe-à-Pitre)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From August to Novemberbest 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 158 m in 3.5 km. Here the river runs about 144 m below the lower rim of its valley.
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
- 11hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmAcomat-Bellevue, Domaine du Piton Bellevue, Villa Rose Caraibes and 8 more
- 6restaurants 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
- Pointe-Noire4.0 km in a straight line
- Deshaies11 km in a straight line
- Sainte-Rose15 km in a straight line
- Lamentin15 km in a straight line
- Vieux-Habitants17 km in a straight line
- Petit-Bourg18 km in a straight line
- Baie-Mahault20 km in a straight line
- Baillif21 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 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
| Night °C | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 45 | 31 | 34 | 57 | 92 | 106 | 126 | 140 | 148 | 172 | 146 | 73 |
| Wet days | 15 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 17 |
| Sun h/day | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (81 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 | 103% | 152% | 109% | 19% | 22% | 35% | 84% | 69% | 48% | 108% | 136% | 44% |
| 2021 | 74% | 75% | 94% | 126% | 45% | 126% | 55% | 97% | 30% | 59% | 19% | 52% |
| 2022 | 35% | 121% | 111% | 92% | 76% | 87% | 79% | 56% | 147% | 87% | 113% | 42% |
| 2023 | 125% | 76% | 69% | 77% | 54% | 61% | 131% | 87% | 37% | 161% | 30% | 75% |
| 2024 | 137% | 315% | 100% | 81% | 95% | 52% | 104% | 111% | 106% | 25% | 114% | 114% |
| 2025 | 123% | 133% | 77% | 155% | 121% | 96% | 38% | 80% | 79% | 105% | 37% | 60% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Acomat Falls
France
- —Height
- 0.27 m³/sAverage flow
- Aug–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q3226931) · 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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