Madagascar 
In numbers.
9.2m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Dec–Mar
Best months
877m
Elevation
The water at Andriamamovoka Falls, month by month
It roars from January to March.
The fullest months: from January to March. The thinnest: from June to October.
- 19 m³/sJan
- 19 m³/sFeb
- 18 m³/sMar
- 11 m³/sApr
- 7.5 m³/sMay
- 5.9 m³/sJun
- 5.4 m³/sJul
- 4.1 m³/sAug
- 3.4 m³/sSep
- 4.4 m³/sOct
- 7.9 m³/sNov
- 13 m³/sDec
From about 3.4 m³/s in the lowest month to 19 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from December to March.
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.
- Ifanadiananearest town · 22 km in a straight line
- Mananjary Airport (MNJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 97 km in a straight lineCar hire at TNR airport (Antananarivo)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From December to Marchbest 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.
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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 186 m in 2.4 km. Here the river runs about 105 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsites
- 24hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmDomain Nature, Hôtel Manja, Chez Rose and 21 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
- Ifanadiana22 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 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Night °C | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 410 | 338 | 310 | 145 | 102 | 95 | 86 | 46 | 45 | 96 | 193 | 295 |
| Wet days | 28 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 26 |
| Sun h/day | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 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 (877 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 | 107% | 109% | 144% | 365% | 169% | 379% | 192% | 43% | 201% | 112% | 47% | 115% |
| 2021 | 58% | 113% | 127% | 93% | 72% | 223% | 224% | 332% | 195% | 75% | 48% | 101% |
| 2022 | 160% | 192% | 130% | 115% | 141% | 360% | 207% | 252% | 140% | 75% | 108% | 94% |
| 2023 | 173% | 135% | 167% | 151% | 134% | 48% | 133% | 731% | 66% | 85% | 71% | 87% |
| 2024 | 123% | 140% | 150% | 265% | 295% | 122% | 11% | 198% | 144% | 69% | 40% | 29% |
| 2025 | 52% | 114% | 86% | 164% | 127% | 46% | 306% | 207% | 105% | 116% | 106% | 138% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Andriamamovoka Falls
Madagascar
- —Height
- 9.2 m³/sAverage flow
- Dec–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4759277) · 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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