Madagascar Waterfall

Humbert Falls

One of the waterfalls of Madagascar.

When to go

Paul Atkinson · CC BY-SA 1.0

In numbers.

Jan–Apr

Best months

1,128m

Elevation

The water at Humbert Falls, month by month

It roars from January to April.

The fullest months: from January to April.

81%Jan
82%Feb
100%Mar
81%Apr
60%May
48%Jun
42%Jul
36%Aug
28%Sep
25%Oct
30%Nov
52%Dec

high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from January to April.

Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Waterfall in Madagascar

Humbert Falls is a waterfall in Madagascar.

Getting there.

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From January to Aprilbest 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.

Humbert Falls seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 2 km

Campsites

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
3campsitesCamp Mantella, Camp Marojejia
—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).

Weather

The weather, month by month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon °C	22	22	22	21	20	18	18	18	19	20	22	23
Night °C	17	17	17	16	15	13	12	12	12	13	15	16
Rain & snow (mm)	306	249	341	218	165	156	138	119	99	103	133	223
Wet days	28	25	26	24	21	22	23	22	18	17	18	24
Sun h/day	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,128 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	107%	110%	147%	152%	122%	215%	124%	68%	108%	149%	122%	71%
2021	171%	153%	82%	286%	27%	52%	107%	58%	86%	171%	53%	143%
2022	146%	91%	110%	141%	86%	109%	191%	66%	233%	66%	128%	120%
2023	182%	81%	90%	120%	160%	69%	180%	133%	117%	59%	117%	105%
2024	197%	146%	206%	194%	226%	35%	13%	42%	62%	12%	89%	48%
2025	36%	32%	92%	73%	58%	47%	63%	32%	66%	106%	161%	205%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Humbert Falls

Madagascar

—Height
—Average flow
Jan–AprBest months

Mahamanina Falls

Madagascar

60 mHeight
—Average flow
Dec–MarBest months

See the guide

Antomboka River

Madagascar

62 mHeight
—Average flow
Jan–AprBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q15226777) · 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.