
In numbers.
1.2m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul–Sep
Best months
986m
Elevation
The water at Chute de Ditinn, month by month
It roars from August to September.
The fullest months: from August to September. The thinnest: from November to May.
- 0.2 m³/sJan
- 0.2 m³/sFeb
- 0.2 m³/sMar
- 0.2 m³/sApr
- 0.5 m³/sMay
- 1.2 m³/sJun
- 2.5 m³/sJul
- 3.6 m³/sAug
- 3.0 m³/sSep
- 1.6 m³/sOct
- 0.6 m³/sNov
- 0.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.19 m³/s in the lowest month to 3.6 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July to September.
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.
Chute de Ditinn is a waterfall in Guinea.
Getting there.
- Dalabanearest town · 16 km in a straight line
- Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport (CKY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 208 km in a straight line
- From July to Septemberbest 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 332 m in 3.3 km. Here the river runs about 153 m below the lower rim of its valley.
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
- —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
- Dalaba16 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 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 32 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 |
| Night °C | 14 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 129 | 238 | 427 | 534 | 333 | 114 | 19 | 1 |
| Wet days | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| Sun h/day | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (986 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 | — | — | — | 371% | 472% | 105% | 183% | 139% | 172% | 186% | 23% | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | 168% | 154% | 202% | 233% | 165% | 166% | 288% | 20% | — |
| 2022 | — | — | — | 12% | 98% | 110% | 112% | 328% | 120% | 291% | 80% | — |
| 2023 | — | — | — | 132% | 285% | 139% | 155% | 88% | 127% | 294% | 83% | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | 267% | 140% | 179% | 196% | 169% | 227% | 287% | 25% | — |
| 2025 | — | — | — | 336% | 88% | 69% | 131% | 86% | 140% | 150% | 456% | — |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q113200885) · 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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