Guyana 
In numbers.
227m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Aug
Best months
55m
Elevation
The water at Amatuk Fall, month by month
It roars from June to August.
The fullest months: from June to August. The thinnest: March and from October to November.
- 187 m³/sJan
- 156 m³/sFeb
- 120 m³/sMar
- 159 m³/sApr
- 330 m³/sMay
- 435 m³/sJun
- 424 m³/sJul
- 343 m³/sAug
- 208 m³/sSep
- 137 m³/sOct
- 139 m³/sNov
- 179 m³/sDec
From about 120 m³/s in the lowest month to 435 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to August.
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.
Amatuk Fall is a waterfall in Guyana.
Getting there.
- Mahdianearest town · 18 km in a straight line
- Kaieteur Airport (KAI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 24 km in a straight lineCar hire at GEO airport (Georgetown)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to Augustbest 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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2 km
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 18 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 53 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car 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
- —restaurants 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
- Mahdia18 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 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 |
| Night °C | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 124 | 88 | 70 | 131 | 268 | 285 | 245 | 190 | 91 | 76 | 104 | 136 |
| Wet days | 15 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 19 |
| Sun h/day | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 5.0 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (55 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 | 43% | 15% | 105% | 59% | 70% | 125% | 82% | 119% | 74% | 61% | 190% | 89% |
| 2021 | 56% | 22% | 199% | 108% | 104% | 87% | 110% | 185% | 103% | 177% | 111% | 156% |
| 2022 | 49% | 62% | 215% | 106% | 87% | 116% | 112% | 69% | 91% | 111% | 197% | 122% |
| 2023 | 77% | 71% | 53% | 112% | 77% | 54% | 85% | 29% | 13% | 12% | 19% | 24% |
| 2024 | 22% | 18% | 15% | 46% | 98% | 99% | 73% | 51% | 27% | 66% | 19% | 38% |
| 2025 | 35% | 89% | 71% | 113% | 83% | 126% | 68% | 41% | 16% | 54% | 97% | 88% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Amatuk Fall
Guyana
- —Height
- 227 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q25248758) · 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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