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Cachoeira do Fraga

One of the waterfalls of Brazil.

When to go

Cachoeira do Fraga em Rio de Contas
Ze bernardes · Public domain

In numbers.

Mar
Nov–Jan

Best months

967m

Elevation

The water at Cachoeira do Fraga, month by month

It roars from November to March.

The fullest months: from November to March. The thinnest: from June to September.

  1. 100%Jan
  2. 79%Feb
  3. 83%Mar
  4. 68%Apr
  5. 34%May
  6. 17%Jun
  7. 11%Jul
  8. 8%Aug
  9. 8%Sep
  10. 29%Oct
  11. 90%Nov
  12. 100%Dec
high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: March and from November to January.

Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Waterfall in Rio de Contas, city of Bahia, Brazil

Cachoeira do Fraga is a waterfall in Brazil.

Getting there.

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Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Cachoeira do Fraga seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Rio Brumado through the falls
800 m900 m1,000 mCachoeira do Fraga-0.5 km0+0.5 km+1 km+1.5 km← upstreamdownstream →

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.

The valley below the falls
−690 m+690 m

Around the falls the river drops 169 m in 2.7 km. Here the river runs about 18 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • —viewpoints
  • —waymarked walking routes
  • 1car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • —picnic sites
  • 1toilets
  • —information boards and visitor centres
  • —bus stops within 1 km
  • 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmCachoeira Véu de Noiva, Poço Preto
  • —caves
  • —campsites
  • 17hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmRaposochalé, Pousada Aconchego, Pousada Flamboyant and 14 more
  • 10restaurants 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

  • Rio de Contas2.0 km in a straight line
  • Livramento de Nossa Senhora5.1 km in a straight line
  • Livramento do Brumado6.2 km in a straight line
  • Dom Basílio19 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C303030292827262830323030
Night °C171818171614131315161718
Rain & snow (mm)9774906627242117225811496
Wet days131113106664471414
Sun h/day8.07.97.57.47.07.07.68.18.48.16.98.0

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (967 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Cachoeira do Fraga in Rio de Contas - Bahia
João Victor de Moraes · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020228%50%226%195%130%101%133%89%63%204%195%7%
202151%142%18%103%17%59%35%132%12%149%171%398%
2022138%232%264%423%511%562%779%1,399%160%22%148%288%
202365%42%48%72%203%62%274%134%39%22%22%37%
2024195%179%38%94%130%185%64%142%36%45%72%18%
202587%38%15%83%95%571%87%42%63%62%96%89%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Cachoeira do Fraga

Brazil

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Mar, Nov–JanBest months

Cachoeira Véu de Noiva

Brazil

  • —Height
  • 0.73 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar, Nov–JanBest months

See the guide

Cachoeira do Buracão

Brazil

  • 85 mHeight
  • 1.0 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar, Nov–JanBest months

See the guide

Cachoeira Encantada

Brazil

  • —Height
  • 0.19 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar–Apr, Dec–JanBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q116210151) · CC0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX 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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