Timor Leste 
In numbers.
Jan–Mar
Best months
541m
Elevation
The water at Berloi Waterfall, month by month
It roars from January to February.
The fullest months: from January to February. The thinnest: from May to November.
- 92%Jan
- 100%Feb
- 67%Mar
- 30%Apr
- 11%May
- 4%Jun
- 2%Jul
- 0%Aug
- 0%Sep
- 0%Oct
- 7%Nov
- 44%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from January to March.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Darenearest town · 7.7 km in a straight line
- Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (DIL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 11 km in a straight line
- From January to Marchbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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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 383 m in 2.2 km. Here the river runs about 103 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
- Dare7.7 km in a straight line
- Aileu10 km in a straight line
- Aissirimou10 km in a straight line
- Dili11 km in a straight line
- Gleno13 km in a straight line
- Likisá21 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 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 28 |
| Night °C | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 24 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 243 | 203 | 120 | 54 | 33 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 54 | 166 |
| Wet days | 20 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| Sun h/day | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 6.6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (541 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 | 86% | 80% | 90% | 135% | 293% | 17% | 26% | — | — | 135% | 94% | 188% |
| 2021 | 131% | 161% | 86% | 477% | 50% | 86% | 0% | — | — | 237% | 177% | 115% |
| 2022 | 111% | 111% | 106% | 60% | 85% | 439% | 63% | — | — | 483% | 225% | 132% |
| 2023 | 37% | 196% | 141% | 153% | 20% | 83% | 605% | — | — | 0% | 195% | 74% |
| 2024 | 104% | 131% | 159% | 263% | 56% | 85% | 140% | — | — | 332% | 57% | 100% |
| 2025 | 108% | 133% | 179% | 278% | 212% | 46% | 11% | — | — | 239% | 263% | 197% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Berloi Waterfall
Timor Leste
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jan–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q23308529) · 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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