Venezuela Waterfall

Cascada del Vino

One of the waterfalls of Venezuela.

When to go

Jujovar2010 · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers.

Aug–Nov

Best months

1,747m

Elevation

The water at Cascada del Vino, month by month

It roars from September to November.

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

18%Jan
7%Feb
12%Mar
38%Apr
62%May
66%Jun
68%Jul
71%Aug
83%Sep
100%Oct
80%Nov
44%Dec

high water best months to go

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

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 Venezuela

Cascada del Vino is a waterfall in Venezuela.

Getting there.

Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 78 km in a straight lineCar hire at CUR airport (Willemstad)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
From August to Novemberbest 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.

Cascada del Vino seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 2 km

Other fallsCampsites

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

The river through the falls

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 590 m in 3.3 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
1campsitesGlamping La Cepa
—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	24	25	26	25	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22
Night °C	11	11	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Rain & snow (mm)	23	15	38	80	99	87	93	97	110	126	85	44
Wet days	5	5	7	14	18	19	20	19	18	19	16	10
Sun h/day	7.5	7.6	6.8	5.6	5.9	6.5	7.1	7.7	7.5	6.6	6.2	6.9

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,747 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Camino cascada 'El vino' Edo. Lara - Venezuela — GleyderKarina · CC BY-SA 3.0

Cascada 'El vino' Edo, Lara - Venezuela — GleyderKarina · CC BY-SA 3.0

Cascada del Vino - Barbacoas, Edo. Lara, PN Dinira — Jujovar2010 · CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	100%	2%	2%	0%	0%	19%	8%	1%	2%	7%	16%	97%
2021	251%	258%	44%	0%	0%	1%	1%	3%	1%	13%	3%	14%
2022	4%	11%	30%	9%	0%	30%	17%	0%	11%	7%	24%	1%
2023	46%	55%	0%	0%	5%	1%	20%	7%	0%	79%	117%	101%
2024	11%	6%	25%	54%	76%	75%	22%	0%	31%	0%	0%	1%
2025	3%	2%	13%	0%	6%	157%	71%	73%	37%	52%	65%	42%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q5755952) · 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.