Brazil 
In numbers.
Dec–Mar
Best months
145m
Elevation
The water at Chuvisco Falls, month by month
It roars from December to January.
The fullest months: from December to January. The thinnest: from May to October.
- 96%Jan
- 65%Feb
- 58%Mar
- 32%Apr
- 14%May
- 3%Jun
- 1%Jul
- 1%Aug
- 5%Sep
- 17%Oct
- 56%Nov
- 100%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from December 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.
Getting there.
- Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixonearest town · 6.4 km in a straight line
- Usiminas Airport (IPN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 83 km in a straight lineCar hire at CNF airport (Belo Horizonte)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From December to Marchbest 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.
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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
- —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
- Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo6.4 km in a straight line
- São Sebastião do Rio Preto8.7 km in a straight line
- Passabém15 km in a straight line
- Morro do Pilar15 km in a straight line
- Itambé do Mato Dentro16 km in a straight line
- Santa Maria de Itabira24 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 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 31 |
| Night °C | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 199 | 122 | 152 | 61 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 86 | 188 | 257 |
| Wet days | 19 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 23 |
| Sun h/day | 6.7 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (145 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 | 193% | 149% | 130% | 103% | 174% | 100% | 132% | 54% | 10% | 204% | 33% | 59% |
| 2021 | 35% | 162% | 30% | 47% | 17% | 83% | 32% | 31% | 28% | 217% | 120% | 79% |
| 2022 | 130% | 176% | 8% | 62% | 70% | 60% | 47% | 5% | 93% | 119% | 139% | 101% |
| 2023 | 126% | 43% | 5% | 55% | 18% | 20% | 268% | 198% | 31% | 102% | 36% | 34% |
| 2024 | 89% | 80% | 44% | 10% | 10% | 13% | 20% | 15% | 2% | 134% | 48% | 63% |
| 2025 | 59% | 10% | 34% | 132% | 23% | 873% | 78% | 44% | 20% | 32% | 39% | 33% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Chuvisco Falls
Brazil
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Dec–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37268) · 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.
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