Gabon 
In numbers.
Apr
Oct–Dec
Best months
461m
Elevation
The water at Kongou Falls, month by month
It roars from October to November.
The fullest months: from October to November. The thinnest: from July to August.
- 38%Jan
- 31%Feb
- 58%Mar
- 65%Apr
- 59%May
- 32%Jun
- 13%Jul
- 10%Aug
- 36%Sep
- 84%Oct
- 100%Nov
- 70%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: April and from October to December.
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.
- Makokou Airport (MKU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 46 km in a straight lineCar hire at LBV airport (Libreville)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- April and from October to Decemberbest 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.
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 25 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 17 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
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmChutes de Kongou
- —caves
- 2campsitesCamp de Kongou, Campement de Kongou
- —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 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 |
| Night °C | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 89 | 108 | 201 | 178 | 154 | 71 | 32 | 58 | 152 | 263 | 245 | 140 |
| Wet days | 21 | 23 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 26 |
| Sun h/day | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (461 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 | 21% | 119% | 274% | 57% | 101% | 126% | 179% | 90% | 88% | 118% | 143% | 181% |
| 2021 | 120% | 64% | 91% | 73% | 136% | 94% | 56% | 158% | 63% | 91% | 51% | 124% |
| 2022 | 29% | 25% | 70% | 67% | 116% | 136% | 121% | 58% | 111% | 114% | 102% | 104% |
| 2023 | 90% | 118% | 47% | 93% | 79% | 61% | 76% | 70% | 66% | 70% | 101% | 53% |
| 2024 | 26% | 43% | 94% | 109% | 97% | 74% | 14% | 25% | 83% | 60% | 32% | 13% |
| 2025 | 30% | 20% | 28% | 31% | 56% | 159% | 230% | 16% | 66% | 84% | 56% | 51% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Kongou Falls
Gabon
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr, Oct–DecBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q6429226) · 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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