Brazil 
In numbers.
0.42m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jan–Apr
Best months
542m
Elevation
The water at Cachoeira do Mosquito, month by month
It roars from December to April.
The fullest months: from December to April. The thinnest: from August to September.
- 1.2 m³/sJan
- 1.0 m³/sFeb
- 1.2 m³/sMar
- 1.1 m³/sApr
- 0.6 m³/sMay
- 0.4 m³/sJun
- 0.2 m³/sJul
- 0.2 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.8 m³/sNov
- 0.9 m³/sDec
From about 0.06 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.2 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from January to April.
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.
Waterfall in Lençóis, Bahia, Brazil
Cachoeira do Mosquito is a waterfall in Brazil.
Getting there.
- Lençóisnearest town · 21 km in a straight line
- Parking 180 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Glauber de Andrade Rocha Airport (VDC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 286 km in a straight lineCar hire at VDC airport (Vitória da Conquista)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From January to Aprilbest 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 129 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 94 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpointsMirante para Cachoeira do Mosquito
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car 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
- Lençóis21 km in a straight line
- Wagner24 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 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 32 |
| Night °C | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 112 | 84 | 107 | 93 | 47 | 44 | 36 | 34 | 24 | 66 | 99 | 84 |
| Wet days | 12 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 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 (542 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 | 176% | 41% | 190% | 165% | 107% | 105% | 128% | 99% | 94% | 209% | 202% | 4% |
| 2021 | 19% | 61% | 10% | 123% | 11% | 70% | 32% | 83% | 13% | 171% | 244% | 539% |
| 2022 | 107% | 51% | 98% | 86% | 45% | 43% | 145% | 47% | 82% | 17% | 183% | 363% |
| 2023 | 75% | 44% | 81% | 43% | 152% | 49% | 201% | 37% | 84% | 5% | 41% | 41% |
| 2024 | 142% | 215% | 31% | 98% | 129% | 155% | 89% | 96% | 63% | 43% | 56% | 4% |
| 2025 | 48% | 39% | 19% | 112% | 165% | 602% | 82% | 47% | 89% | 48% | 130% | 86% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Cachoeira do Mosquito
Brazil
- —Height
- 0.42 m³/sAverage flow
- Jan–AprBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q115755622) · 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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