Brazil 
In numbers.
0.24m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jan–Feb
Sep–Oct
Best months
1,214m
Elevation
The water at Cascata do Avencal, month by month
It roars from September to March.
The fullest months: from September to March.
- 0.3 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.3 m³/sMar
- 0.2 m³/sApr
- 0.2 m³/sMay
- 0.2 m³/sJun
- 0.2 m³/sJul
- 0.2 m³/sAug
- 0.3 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.2 m³/sNov
- 0.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.19 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.32 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from January to February and from September to October.
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 Brazil
Cascata do Avencal is a waterfall in Brazil.
Getting there.
- Urubicinearest town · 4.4 km in a straight line
- Parking 30 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Lages Airport (LAJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 72 km in a straight lineCar hire at FLN airport (Florianópolis)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From January to February and from September to Octoberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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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 317 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 89 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 3viewpointsMirante Cascata Papuã
- —waymarked walking routes
- 8car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmCachoeira do Papuã, Cachoeira da Neve, Cascata Mundo Novo
- —caves
- 4campsitesArroio do Engenho, Camping Nossa Senhora da Graça, Estacionamento MH and 1 more
- 20hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmPousada Alto da Colina, Pousada Café no Bule, Pousada da Flores and 17 more
- 2restaurants 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
- Urubici4.4 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 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 22 |
| Night °C | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 188 | 153 | 142 | 100 | 122 | 95 | 105 | 107 | 151 | 142 | 134 | 150 |
| Wet days | 23 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 20 |
| Sun h/day | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 6.1 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,214 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 | 109% | 93% | 30% | 37% | 22% | 136% | 140% | 88% | 86% | 48% | 95% | 134% |
| 2021 | 180% | 90% | 116% | 83% | 101% | 249% | 33% | 47% | 119% | 139% | 76% | 54% |
| 2022 | 84% | 46% | 142% | 115% | 213% | 172% | 52% | 152% | 59% | 123% | 178% | 168% |
| 2023 | 63% | 105% | 96% | 89% | 41% | 119% | 99% | 73% | 112% | 315% | 255% | 93% |
| 2024 | 143% | 76% | 89% | 199% | 192% | 154% | 180% | 46% | 53% | 102% | 122% | 82% |
| 2025 | 138% | 60% | 26% | 109% | 38% | 160% | 30% | 111% | 86% | 93% | 54% | 79% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Cascata do Avencal
Brazil
- —Height
- 0.24 m³/sAverage flow
- Jan–Feb, Sep–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q9671869) · 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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