Cameroon 
In numbers.
132m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Aug–Nov
Best months
2m
Elevation
The water at Lobé Falls, month by month
It roars from September to November.
The fullest months: from September to November. The thinnest: from January to February.
- 32 m³/sJan
- 37 m³/sFeb
- 134 m³/sMar
- 202 m³/sApr
- 221 m³/sMay
- 222 m³/sJun
- 202 m³/sJul
- 228 m³/sAug
- 297 m³/sSep
- 314 m³/sOct
- 242 m³/sNov
- 98 m³/sDec
From about 32 m³/s in the lowest month to 314 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from August to November.
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.
Monument of Cameroon
Lobé Falls is a coastal waterfall in Cameroon.
Getting there.
- Kribinearest town · 6.3 km in a straight line
- Parking 210 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Bata International Airport (BSG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 109 km in a straight lineCar hire at DLA airport (Douala)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From August to Novemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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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 10 m in 1.8 km. Here the river runs about 18 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 3car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsitesMiami Plage
- 23hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmL'auberge des pécheurs, Hôtel Tara Plage, Manapani les flots plus and 20 more
- 5restaurants 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
- Kribi6.3 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 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 |
| Night °C | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 47 | 86 | 202 | 224 | 220 | 214 | 191 | 232 | 290 | 276 | 194 | 49 |
| Wet days | 11 | 16 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 6.3 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 6.1 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (2 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 | 17% | 35% | 530% | 88% | 123% | 118% | 138% | 98% | 109% | 84% | 72% | 57% |
| 2021 | 45% | 19% | 107% | 134% | 157% | 154% | 63% | 78% | 90% | 79% | 95% | 659% |
| 2022 | 56% | 24% | 43% | 91% | 103% | 78% | 117% | 102% | 255% | 160% | 100% | 102% |
| 2023 | 49% | 53% | 107% | 95% | 71% | 72% | 81% | 43% | 45% | 103% | 71% | 45% |
| 2024 | 14% | 25% | 71% | 93% | 65% | 77% | 73% | 55% | 47% | 68% | 55% | 48% |
| 2025 | 131% | 33% | 92% | 48% | 63% | 87% | 119% | 28% | 83% | 81% | 52% | 109% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Lobé Falls
Cameroon
- —Height
- 132 m³/sAverage flow
- Aug–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1795349) · 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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