Libya 
In numbers.
0.10m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Dec–Mar
Best months
85m
Elevation
The water at Derna waterfalls, month by month
It roars from December to January.
The fullest months: from December to January. The thinnest: from April to October.
- 2.7 m³/sJan
- 2.1 m³/sFeb
- 1.0 m³/sMar
- 0.4 m³/sApr
- 0.1 m³/sMay
- 0.0 m³/sJun
- 0.0 m³/sJul
- 0.0 m³/sAug
- 0.0 m³/sSep
- 0.5 m³/sOct
- 0.8 m³/sNov
- 2.8 m³/sDec
From about 0.00 m³/s in the lowest month to 2.8 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.
Getting there.
- Darnahnearest town · 5.8 km in a straight line
- Al Abraq International Airport (LAQ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 62 km in a straight line
- From December to Marchbest 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 36 m in 1.9 km. Here the river runs about 178 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
- 5hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmفندق لؤلؤة درنة, فندق الفردوس, فندق النعيم and 2 more
- —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
- Darnah5.8 km in a straight line
- Martūbah21 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 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 31 | 27 | 22 | 17 |
| Night °C | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 49 | 41 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 77 |
| Wet days | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 5.8 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 9.8 | 11.0 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 5.5 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (85 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 | 279% | 74% | 535% | 109% | 0% | — | — | — | 22% | 30% | 330% | 420% |
| 2021 | 177% | 77% | 114% | 38% | 0% | — | — | — | 57% | 88% | 87% | 234% |
| 2022 | 387% | 189% | 350% | 3% | 57% | — | — | — | 330% | 91% | 161% | 13% |
| 2023 | 345% | 541% | 41% | 131% | 2,417% | — | — | — | 1,665% | 0% | 30% | 62% |
| 2024 | 161% | 120% | 61% | 3% | 31% | — | — | — | 51% | 33% | 35% | 85% |
| 2025 | 94% | 20% | 80% | 194% | 22% | — | — | — | 0% | 14% | 24% | 66% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Derna waterfalls
Libya
- —Height
- 0.10 m³/sAverage flow
- Dec–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q41286) · 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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