
In numbers.
10m
Height
OpenStreetMap
Jan–Mar
Best months
27m
Elevation
The water at Cascade de Soulou, month by month
It roars from January to March.
The fullest months: from January to March. The thinnest: from May to November.
- 97%Jan
- 100%Feb
- 83%Mar
- 42%Apr
- 16%May
- 4%Jun
- 2%Jul
- 1%Aug
- 1%Sep
- 2%Oct
- 10%Nov
- 34%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.
Waterfall in Tsingoni, Mayotte
Cascade de Soulou is a waterfall in France. The water falls 10 m.
Getting there.
- Tsingoninearest town · 0.9 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,070 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Dzaoudzi Pamandzi International Airport (DZA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 20 km in a straight lineCar hire at AJA airport (Ajaccio)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From January to Marchbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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How big is it?
How big it really is.
Height of the drop as mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.
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 35 m in 1.5 km. Here the river runs about 44 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 1waymarked walking routesGR - Tour de Mayotte
- 47car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmCascade de Tsingoni
- —caves
- —campsites
- 11hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmGîte du Mont Combani, Gîte de M'liha, Auberge Le Tour du Monde and 8 more
- 22restaurants 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
- Tsingoni0.9 km in a straight line
- M'Tsangamouji3.0 km in a straight line
- Chembényoumba3.1 km in a straight line
- Miréréni4.4 km in a straight line
- Sohoa4.8 km in a straight line
- Kahani5.9 km in a straight line
- Chiconi6.1 km in a straight line
- Bouyouni6.4 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 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 |
| Night °C | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 268 | 194 | 166 | 74 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 62 | 131 |
| Wet days | 27 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 |
| Sun h/day | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (27 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
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 | 81% | 108% | 79% | 82% | 89% | 193% | 234% | 66% | 195% | 257% | 62% | 47% |
| 2021 | 41% | 123% | 69% | 206% | 76% | 69% | 63% | 78% | 95% | 64% | 67% | 36% |
| 2022 | 107% | 82% | 81% | 150% | 70% | 108% | 161% | 63% | 124% | 28% | 30% | 64% |
| 2023 | 79% | 61% | 55% | 91% | 70% | 61% | 113% | 126% | 154% | 71% | 83% | 76% |
| 2024 | 131% | 70% | 88% | 202% | 218% | 34% | 20% | 83% | 73% | 40% | 63% | 59% |
| 2025 | 46% | 51% | 70% | 107% | 119% | 63% | 76% | 69% | 49% | 70% | 90% | 130% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q34750044) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Height of the drop | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| 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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