
In numbers.
May–Aug
Best months
176m
Elevation
The water at Barrington Brown Falls, month by month
It roars from May to July.
The fullest months: from May to July. The thinnest: from September to December.
- 26%Jan
- 32%Feb
- 33%Mar
- 50%Apr
- 92%May
- 100%Jun
- 85%Jul
- 54%Aug
- 25%Sep
- 11%Oct
- 9%Nov
- 22%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to August.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Barrington Brown Falls is a waterfall in Guyana.
Getting there.
- Lethem Airport (LTM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 241 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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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 31 |
| Night °C | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 104 | 116 | 119 | 180 | 291 | 248 | 201 | 127 | 58 | 48 | 58 | 114 |
| Wet days | 19 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 18 |
| Sun h/day | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 6.0 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide. 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 | 30% | 18% | 22% | 17% | 30% | 105% | 112% | 118% | 67% | 73% | 225% | 119% |
| 2021 | 116% | 30% | 89% | 118% | 150% | 108% | 168% | 202% | 70% | 119% | 172% | 97% |
| 2022 | 55% | 70% | 106% | 112% | 115% | 126% | 230% | 124% | 127% | 119% | 251% | 145% |
| 2023 | 89% | 80% | 29% | 69% | 67% | 87% | 128% | 48% | 12% | 37% | 44% | 51% |
| 2024 | 34% | 12% | 20% | 52% | 115% | 160% | 110% | 51% | 61% | 53% | 40% | 68% |
| 2025 | 72% | 66% | 54% | 120% | 75% | 152% | 131% | 99% | 23% | 131% | 87% | 93% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4863651) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| 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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