Venezuela 
In numbers.
Jun–Sep
Best months
18m
Elevation
The water at Llovizna Falls, month by month
It roars from June to August.
The fullest months: from June to August. The thinnest: from February to April.
- 27%Jan
- 12%Feb
- 6%Mar
- 7%Apr
- 26%May
- 79%Jun
- 100%Jul
- 98%Aug
- 66%Sep
- 55%Oct
- 55%Nov
- 47%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
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.
- Ciudad Guayananearest town · 6.1 km in a straight line
- Parking 550 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- General Manuel Carlos Piar International Airport (PZO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 9 km in a straight lineCar hire at POS airport (Port of Spain)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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 23 m in 1.6 km.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 21car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 23other named waterfalls within 4 kmSalto Cachamay and 22 more
- —caves
- —campsites
- 32hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHotel Macagua, Posada Zapoara, Posada Logde Domus 369 and 29 more
- 7restaurants 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
- Ciudad Guayana6.1 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 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 31 |
| Night °C | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 47 | 27 | 24 | 39 | 90 | 172 | 165 | 152 | 95 | 104 | 107 | 87 |
| Wet days | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 |
| Sun h/day | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 5.8 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (18 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 | 121% | 131% | 40% | 48% | 31% | 101% | 54% | 178% | 141% | 151% | 128% | 109% |
| 2021 | 122% | 211% | 765% | 140% | 152% | 85% | 146% | 125% | 109% | 174% | 78% | 173% |
| 2022 | 60% | 178% | 152% | 99% | 58% | 160% | 121% | 96% | 125% | 9% | 30% | 6% |
| 2023 | 41% | 106% | 14% | 13% | 33% | 3% | 39% | 14% | 3% | 66% | 155% | 124% |
| 2024 | 19% | 8% | 43% | 84% | 126% | 72% | 11% | 13% | 30% | 26% | 14% | 9% |
| 2025 | 32% | 23% | 31% | 21% | 36% | 93% | 115% | 120% | 125% | 117% | 99% | 136% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Llovizna Falls
Venezuela
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q3646538) · 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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