Mexico 
In numbers.
102m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul–Oct
Best months
1,500m
Elevation
The water at Juanacatlán Falls, month by month
It roars from July to September.
The fullest months: from July to September. The thinnest: from December to May.
- 41 m³/sJan
- 42 m³/sFeb
- 41 m³/sMar
- 40 m³/sApr
- 42 m³/sMay
- 82 m³/sJun
- 141 m³/sJul
- 173 m³/sAug
- 170 m³/sSep
- 119 m³/sOct
- 77 m³/sNov
- 47 m³/sDec
From about 40 m³/s in the lowest month to 173 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July to October.
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 on the Santiago River in Jalisco, Mexico
Juanacatlán Falls is a waterfall in Mexico.
Getting there.
- Juanacatlánnearest town · 0.9 km in a straight line
- Guadalajara International Airport (GDL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 14 km in a straight lineCar hire at GDL airport (Guadalajara)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July to Octoberbest months to go (estimate)
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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 26 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 31 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 34bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsites
- —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
- Juanacatlán0.9 km in a straight line
- El Salto0.9 km in a straight line
- Galaxia Bonito Jalisco3.2 km in a straight line
- El Muey4.9 km in a straight line
- Centro de Readaptación Social5.0 km in a straight line
- San José del Castillo6.4 km in a straight line
- Puente Grande6.4 km in a straight line
- Paseo Puente Viejo6.4 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 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
| Night °C | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 10 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 149 | 205 | 169 | 143 | 52 | 14 | 7 |
| Wet days | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| Sun h/day | 8.6 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 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 (1,500 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 | 140% | 137% | 38% | — | 95% | 67% | 79% | 84% | 71% | 26% | 2% | 41% |
| 2021 | 9% | 2% | 0% | — | 71% | 88% | 106% | 105% | 97% | 120% | 6% | 24% |
| 2022 | 3% | 8% | 0% | — | 67% | 90% | 126% | 112% | 44% | 93% | 25% | 32% |
| 2023 | 9% | 0% | 12% | — | 196% | 12% | 64% | 105% | 65% | 163% | 96% | 784% |
| 2024 | 19% | 123% | 0% | — | 25% | 98% | 118% | 137% | 112% | 40% | 6% | 24% |
| 2025 | 33% | 12% | 0% | — | 146% | 129% | 74% | 122% | 124% | 55% | 4% | 196% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Juanacatlán Falls
Mexico
- —Height
- 102 m³/sAverage flow
- Jul–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q6301485) · 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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