Senegal 
In numbers.
Aug–Sep
Best months
407m
Elevation
The water at Dindefelo Falls, month by month
It roars from August to September.
The fullest months: from August to September. The thinnest: from November to June.
- 0%Jan
- 0%Feb
- 0%Mar
- 0%Apr
- 3%May
- 22%Jun
- 58%Jul
- 100%Aug
- 90%Sep
- 46%Oct
- 13%Nov
- 2%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from August to September.
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.
- Kayes Dag Dag Airport (KYS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 256 km in a straight lineCar hire at DSS airport (Dakar)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From August 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.
What is around.
- 2viewpointsMushrooms
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmCascade de Affia
- 1caves
- 1campsitesCampement chez doba
- 4hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmCampement Le Dogon du Fouta, campement villageois de Dindefello, Badouri and 1 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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 34 | 37 | 39 | 40 | 38 | 32 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 32 |
| Night °C | 16 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 16 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 166 | 295 | 412 | 280 | 103 | 9 | 0 |
| Wet days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| Sun h/day | 8.7 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (407 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 | — | — | — | 476% | 217% | 108% | 176% | 115% | 223% | 68% | 3% | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | 12% | 136% | 356% | 201% | 218% | 123% | 187% | 27% | — |
| 2022 | — | — | — | 24% | 130% | 139% | 82% | 164% | 207% | 138% | 23% | — |
| 2023 | — | — | — | 518% | 234% | 114% | 96% | 45% | 79% | 144% | 33% | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | 59% | 155% | 166% | 170% | 169% | 189% | 216% | 27% | — |
| 2025 | — | — | — | 235% | 85% | 74% | 40% | 38% | 66% | 121% | 103% | — |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Dindefelo Falls
Senegal
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Aug–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q578769) · 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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