Madagascar Waterfall

Niagarakely

One of the waterfalls of Madagascar.

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.

Jan–Apr

Best months

985m

Elevation

The water at Niagarakely, month by month

It roars from January to March.

The fullest months: from January to March. The thinnest: from September to October.

98%Jan
100%Feb
97%Mar
71%Apr
51%May
43%Jun
42%Jul
31%Aug
21%Sep
20%Oct
35%Nov
68%Dec

high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from January to April.

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

Waterfalls in Madagascar

Niagarakely is a waterfall in Madagascar.

Getting there.

Moramanganearest town · 22 km in a straight line
Ivato International Airport (TNR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 89 km in a straight lineCar hire at TNR airport (Antananarivo)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
From January to Aprilbest 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.

Niagarakely 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).

Towns nearby

Moramanga22 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	24	24	23	21	18	18	18	20	23	24	25
Night °C	17	17	17	16	14	12	11	11	12	14	15	17
Rain & snow (mm)	457	393	390	244	187	184	185	121	93	119	214	368
Wet days	30	27	29	25	24	24	25	21	18	19	22	27
Sun h/day	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.3	5.6	5.2	5.0	5.6	6.6	7.0	7.4	7.2

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide. 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	102%	120%	125%	425%	105%	143%	125%	54%	74%	113%	51%	192%
2021	55%	91%	77%	119%	63%	80%	188%	137%	116%	63%	56%	79%
2022	133%	78%	93%	113%	95%	89%	102%	63%	71%	31%	75%	88%
2023	106%	104%	123%	104%	137%	55%	69%	259%	116%	119%	93%	48%
2024	102%	184%	144%	130%	144%	79%	13%	157%	65%	64%	51%	36%
2025	42%	136%	70%	64%	123%	61%	137%	184%	40%	109%	102%	149%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Niagarakely

Madagascar

—Height
—Average flow
Jan–AprBest months

Mandraka Falls

Madagascar

—Height
0.91 m³/sAverage flow
Jan–AprBest months

See the guide

Sakaleona Falls

Madagascar

200 mHeight
7.1 m³/sAverage flow
Jan–AprBest months

See the guide

Andriamamovoka Falls

Madagascar

—Height
9.2 m³/sAverage flow
Dec–MarBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q30590656) · 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.