Peru 
In numbers.
0.43m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Dec–Mar
Best months
1,017m
Elevation
The water at Catarata El Tirol, month by month
It roars from December to March.
The fullest months: from December to March. The thinnest: from May to October.
- 0.7 m³/sJan
- 0.8 m³/sFeb
- 0.7 m³/sMar
- 0.4 m³/sApr
- 0.3 m³/sMay
- 0.2 m³/sJun
- 0.2 m³/sJul
- 0.2 m³/sAug
- 0.2 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.4 m³/sNov
- 0.7 m³/sDec
From about 0.18 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.78 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.
Catarata El Tirol is a waterfall in Peru.
Getting there.
- San Ramónnearest town · 3.1 km in a straight line
- Francisco Carle Airport (JAU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 73 km in a straight lineCar hire at LIM airport (Lima)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From December to Marchbest 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.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmCatarata La Encantada, Catarata El Paraiso
- —caves
- —campsites
- 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHospedaje Villa Dorada, Casa Blanca, Hospedaje Paraiso and 5 more
- 1restaurants 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
- San Ramón3.1 km in a straight line
- La Merced8.4 km in a straight line
- Perené24 km in a straight line
- Monobamba25 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 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 |
| Night °C | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 31 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 42 |
| Wet days | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Sun h/day | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 2.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,017 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 | 67% | 66% | 60% | 57% | 26% | 442% | 469% | 59% | 79% | 120% | 79% | 166% |
| 2021 | 483% | 48% | 49% | 193% | 23% | 71% | 22% | 46% | 29% | 20% | 51% | 58% |
| 2022 | 51% | 72% | 72% | 121% | 132% | 29% | 58% | 41% | 46% | 2% | 6% | 43% |
| 2023 | 84% | 38% | 249% | 29% | 42% | 46% | 12% | 24% | 42% | 73% | 72% | 121% |
| 2024 | 79% | 55% | 58% | 62% | 129% | 288% | 84% | 91% | 67% | 32% | 128% | 51% |
| 2025 | 77% | 269% | 385% | 302% | 203% | 400% | 50% | 82% | 138% | 108% | 27% | 33% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Catarata El Tirol
Peru
- —Height
- 0.43 m³/sAverage flow
- Dec–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q48492267) · 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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