Guyana Waterfall

Murrays Fall

One of the waterfalls of Guyana.

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

In numbers.

May–Aug

Best months

119m

Elevation

The water at Murrays Fall, month by month

It roars from May to July.

The fullest months: from May to July. The thinnest: from October to April.

10%Jan
11%Feb
10%Mar
25%Apr
76%May
100%Jun
96%Jul
68%Aug
33%Sep
15%Oct
9%Nov
11%Dec

high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to August.

Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Waterfall in Essequibo River

Murrays Fall is a waterfall in Guyana.

Getting there.

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From May to Augustbest 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.

Murrays Fall seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 2 km

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
—other named waterfalls within 4 km
—caves
—campsites
—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	32	32	33	32	29	28	28	29	31	33	33	32
Night °C	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	23	23	23	24	23
Rain & snow (mm)	52	58	56	120	263	258	224	154	70	52	48	67
Wet days	11	11	12	18	25	25	26	21	12	9	9	12
Sun h/day	5.8	5.3	5.5	5.5	5.3	6.4	6.7	7.2	7.9	7.4	6.6	5.9

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (119 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	12%	7%	4%	14%	30%	97%	76%	117%	59%	63%	258%	49%
2021	130%	13%	68%	100%	128%	114%	140%	155%	29%	127%	45%	94%
2022	22%	71%	139%	142%	112%	114%	125%	102%	145%	132%	288%	133%
2023	55%	54%	7%	97%	42%	83%	122%	29%	9%	49%	40%	29%
2024	9%	3%	4%	36%	127%	126%	94%	45%	37%	29%	12%	15%
2025	52%	23%	34%	130%	75%	101%	128%	95%	3%	97%	39%	74%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Murrays Fall

Guyana

—Height
—Average flow
May–AugBest months

Barrington Brown Falls

Guyana

—Height
—Average flow
May–AugBest months

See the guide

Wonotobo Falls

Guyana

—Height
650 m³/sAverage flow
Jun–SepBest months

See the guide

Rappu Falls

Guyana

—Height
—Average flow
May–AugBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q6939555) · 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.