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In numbers.
Jul–Oct
Best months
469m
Elevation
The water at Kamalo Falls, month by month
It roars from June to October.
The fullest months: from June to October. The thinnest: from December to March.
- 2%Jan
- 3%Feb
- 15%Mar
- 31%Apr
- 51%May
- 77%Jun
- 96%Jul
- 81%Aug
- 100%Sep
- 84%Oct
- 37%Nov
- 10%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July to October.
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.
- Kpaliménearest town · 7.0 km in a straight line
- Lomé–Tokoin International Airport (LFW)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 114 km in a straight lineCar hire at LFW airport (Lomé)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July to Octoberbest 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.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmCascade de Tokpli, Cascade de Kuma Tokpli, Cascade Tokpli
- —caves
- —campsites
- 77hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmVenantus Guesthouse, Saint Bernard, Campement de Kloto and 74 more
- 2restaurants 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
- Kpalimé7.0 km in a straight line
- Agou Gadzépé17 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 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 |
| Night °C | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 14 | 28 | 72 | 100 | 134 | 172 | 190 | 139 | 202 | 145 | 32 | 14 |
| Wet days | 4 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 3 |
| Sun h/day | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 7.8 | 7.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (469 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 | 16% | 80% | 113% | 102% | 208% | 158% | 68% | 30% | 73% | 120% | 97% | 128% |
| 2021 | 257% | 51% | 177% | 86% | 48% | 67% | 83% | 117% | 86% | 91% | 168% | 57% |
| 2022 | 206% | 87% | 114% | 163% | 99% | 125% | 77% | 141% | 135% | 139% | 75% | 100% |
| 2023 | 75% | 36% | 94% | 138% | 65% | 117% | 149% | 150% | 158% | 100% | 264% | 37% |
| 2024 | 24% | 58% | 127% | 100% | 103% | 99% | 57% | 63% | 113% | 190% | 24% | 2% |
| 2025 | 33% | 141% | 148% | 86% | 89% | 109% | 67% | 51% | 114% | 84% | 146% | 205% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Kamalo Falls
Togo
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jul–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q127053796) · 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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