Nigeria 
In numbers.
60m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Aug–Nov
Best months
315m
Elevation
The water at Gurara Waterfalls, month by month
It roars from August to October.
The fullest months: from August to October. The thinnest: from December to May.
- 8.1 m³/sJan
- 8.0 m³/sFeb
- 9.1 m³/sMar
- 25 m³/sApr
- 55 m³/sMay
- 91 m³/sJun
- 142 m³/sJul
- 198 m³/sAug
- 228 m³/sSep
- 180 m³/sOct
- 95 m³/sNov
- 30 m³/sDec
From about 8.0 m³/s in the lowest month to 228 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from August to November.
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.
- Gawu Babangidanearest town · 5.0 km in a straight line
- Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 43 km in a straight lineCar hire at ABV airport (Abuja)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From August to Novemberbest 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.
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 74 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 38 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
- Gawu Babangida5.0 km in a straight line
- Suleja23 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 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 32 |
| Night °C | 16 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 16 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 2 | 5 | 18 | 82 | 128 | 152 | 217 | 265 | 244 | 122 | 8 | 1 |
| Wet days | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| Sun h/day | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 8.5 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (315 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 | — | 0% | 299% | 261% | 107% | 135% | 226% | 65% | 140% | 103% | 54% | — |
| 2021 | — | 0% | 258% | 31% | 129% | 210% | 116% | 207% | 128% | 158% | 1,457% | — |
| 2022 | — | 0% | 272% | 308% | 249% | 190% | 75% | 117% | 119% | 123% | 0% | — |
| 2023 | — | 6% | 462% | 100% | 150% | 164% | 94% | 67% | 81% | 80% | 229% | — |
| 2024 | — | 22% | 202% | 77% | 72% | 128% | 128% | 68% | 62% | 111% | 0% | — |
| 2025 | — | 26% | 29% | 65% | 67% | 95% | 78% | 68% | 86% | 93% | 14% | — |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Gurara Waterfalls
Nigeria
- —Height
- 60 m³/sAverage flow
- Aug–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q22673984) · 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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