
In numbers.
0.29m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Dec–Mar
Best months
640m
Elevation
The water at Cachoeira do Jatobá, month by month
It roars from January to March.
The fullest months: from January to March. The thinnest: from May to October.
- 0.6 m³/sJan
- 0.6 m³/sFeb
- 0.6 m³/sMar
- 0.4 m³/sApr
- 0.2 m³/sMay
- 0.1 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.2 m³/sOct
- 0.3 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.10 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.62 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.
Cachoeira do Jatobá is a waterfall in Brazil.
Getting there.
- Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindadenearest town · 17 km in a straight line
- Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 247 km in a straight lineCar hire in VilhenaDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From December to Marchbest 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.
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 289 m in 3.5 km.
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
- Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade17 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 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 29 |
| Night °C | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 208 | 188 | 161 | 77 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 98 | 124 | 171 |
| Wet days | 26 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 24 |
| Sun h/day | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (640 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 | 62% | 101% | 72% | 55% | 82% | 33% | 14% | 39% | 53% | 66% | 52% | 73% |
| 2021 | 70% | 82% | 94% | 256% | 38% | 227% | 158% | 2% | 232% | 108% | 196% | 115% |
| 2022 | 156% | 117% | 102% | 68% | 47% | 256% | 19% | 251% | 137% | 153% | 63% | 105% |
| 2023 | 103% | 76% | 154% | 145% | 77% | 123% | 0% | 105% | 95% | 46% | 76% | 52% |
| 2024 | 77% | 64% | 110% | 90% | 33% | 8% | 4% | 2% | 239% | 45% | 81% | 48% |
| 2025 | 60% | 60% | 108% | 73% | 55% | 235% | 0% | 14% | 49% | 47% | 84% | 40% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q25444194) · 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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