Uganda Waterfall

Kisiizi Falls

A 30 m drop.

When to go

Jim Joel · CC BY-SA 4.0

In numbers.

30m

Height

2.6m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Apr–May
Nov–Dec

Best months

770kW

Water power

estimate

The water at Kisiizi Falls, month by month

It roars from March to May and from October to December.

The fullest months: from March to May and from October to December. The thinnest: from July to August.

2.6 m³/sJan
2.4 m³/sFeb
3.4 m³/sMar
4.1 m³/sApr
3.8 m³/sMay
2.4 m³/sJun
1.6 m³/sJul
1.7 m³/sAug
2.4 m³/sSep
3.4 m³/sOct
4.0 m³/sNov
3.4 m³/sDec

high water best months to go

From about 1.6 m³/s in the lowest month to 4.1 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to May and from November 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 Uganda

Kisiizi Falls is a waterfall in Uganda. The water falls 30 m.

Getting there.

Kebisoninearest town · 14 km in a straight line
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From April to May and from November to Decemberbest months to go (estimate)

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How big is it?

How big it really is.

Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.

770 kW

About 2.6 m³/s falling 30 m: the power of the water as it drops.

enough to power about 193 homes, if it were all turned into electricity

Power of falling water = density × gravity × flow × height. Average flow and height as shown above; an estimate.

Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Kisiizi Falls seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 2 km

Toilets

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Kisiizi River through the falls

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.

The valley below the falls

Around the falls the river drops 76 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 52 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
—bus stops within 1 km
—other named waterfalls within 4 km
—caves
—campsites
1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmGuest House
—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

Kebisoni14 km in a straight line
Rukungiri18 km in a straight line
Kanungu18 km in a straight line
Rubanda24 km in a straight line
Nyamunuka25 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	26	26	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	24	24
Night °C	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	14	14	14
Rain & snow (mm)	74	76	133	140	111	44	37	60	92	129	137	94
Wet days	16	14	23	24	22	9	6	14	19	23	25	20
Sun h/day	6.4	6.4	5.8	5.9	6.6	6.8	6.8	5.9	6.0	5.6	5.5	6.0

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,704 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Kisiizi falls 01 — Shaayflix Dr Shaay · CC BY-SA 4.0

Kisiizi Falls 02 — Shaayflix Dr Shaay · CC BY-SA 4.0

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	131%	166%	186%	197%	108%	150%	244%	74%	86%	138%	139%	115%
2021	305%	127%	96%	105%	99%	117%	48%	175%	189%	84%	127%	169%
2022	108%	178%	86%	134%	99%	74%	42%	518%	262%	122%	142%	100%
2023	57%	37%	131%	164%	73%	106%	6%	25%	183%	67%	106%	122%
2024	169%	68%	42%	178%	77%	28%	87%	79%	54%	205%	141%	98%
2025	58%	62%	78%	109%	99%	156%	24%	372%	92%	72%	58%	99%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Kisiizi Falls

Uganda

30 mHeight
2.6 m³/sAverage flow
Apr–May, Nov–DecBest months

Ndaba Rock

Rwanda

—Height
0.23 m³/sAverage flow
Apr–May, Nov–DecBest months

See the guide

Rusumo Falls

Rwanda

15 mHeight
223 m³/sAverage flow
Apr–May, Dec–JanBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q118591622) · 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.