Dominican Republic Waterfall
El Limón Waterfall
One of the waterfalls of Dominican Republic.
In numbers.
0.40m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Sep–Dec
Best months
154m
Elevation
The water at El Limón Waterfall, month by month
It roars from September to November.
The fullest months: from September to November. The thinnest: March.
- 0.4 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.2 m³/sMar
- 0.3 m³/sApr
- 0.6 m³/sMay
- 0.5 m³/sJun
- 0.5 m³/sJul
- 0.5 m³/sAug
- 0.6 m³/sSep
- 0.6 m³/sOct
- 0.7 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.22 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.72 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from September to December.
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.
Waterfall in Dominican Republic
El Limón Waterfall is a waterfall in Dominican Republic.
Getting there.
- Las Terrenasnearest town · 11 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,970 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Samaná El Catey International Airport (AZS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 31 km in a straight lineCar hire at AZS airport (Samana)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From September to Decemberbest 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 51 m in 1.8 km.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmCascada Pequeña (10m)
- —caves
- —campsites
- 7hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmMonte Placido, Chaykovsky Boutique h, La Casa Amarilla and 4 more
- 11restaurants 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
- Las Terrenas11 km in a straight line
- Samaná14 km in a straight line
- Sánchez18 km in a straight line
- Sabana de la Mar24 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 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Night °C | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 56 | 35 | 38 | 62 | 100 | 62 | 78 | 90 | 96 | 86 | 106 | 62 |
| Wet days | 13 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 6.8 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 6.7 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (154 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 | 77% | 114% | 212% | 104% | 111% | 54% | 187% | 60% | 68% | 59% | 535% | 273% |
| 2021 | 33% | 272% | 127% | 110% | 29% | 219% | 147% | 225% | 979% | 142% | 249% | 73% |
| 2022 | 415% | 637% | 211% | 187% | 90% | 83% | 144% | 77% | 208% | 84% | 128% | 31% |
| 2023 | 143% | 52% | 129% | 168% | 89% | 109% | 103% | 229% | 148% | 165% | 113% | 302% |
| 2024 | 75% | 96% | 159% | 231% | 350% | 264% | 280% | 213% | 134% | 140% | 220% | 283% |
| 2025 | 94% | 205% | 451% | 388% | 103% | 140% | 100% | 62% | 152% | 367% | 136% | 256% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4531381) · 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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