Zambia 
In numbers.
0.64m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Dec–Mar
Best months
1,430m
Elevation
The water at Nyambwezi Falls, month by month
It roars from December to March.
The fullest months: from December to March. The thinnest: from May to October.
- 1.7 m³/sJan
- 1.6 m³/sFeb
- 1.4 m³/sMar
- 0.8 m³/sApr
- 0.3 m³/sMay
- 0.1 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.2 m³/sOct
- 0.8 m³/sNov
- 1.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.12 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.7 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from December to March.
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.
Getting there.
- Kolwezi Airport (KWZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 134 km in a straight lineCar hire at NLA airport (Ndola)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From December to Marchbest 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.
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 kmNyambwezi Falls
- —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 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 25 |
| Night °C | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 246 | 217 | 196 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 180 | 264 |
| Wet days | 29 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 29 |
| Sun h/day | 4.8 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 5.0 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,430 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 | 109% | 312% | 167% | 50% | — | — | — | — | 59% | 35% | 123% | 111% |
| 2021 | 172% | 114% | 175% | 67% | — | — | — | — | 11% | 155% | 94% | 105% |
| 2022 | 94% | 124% | 247% | 211% | — | — | — | — | 32% | 28% | 99% | 107% |
| 2023 | 144% | 65% | 163% | 107% | — | — | — | — | 192% | 351% | 41% | 78% |
| 2024 | 83% | 62% | 63% | 112% | — | — | — | — | 16% | 84% | 50% | 55% |
| 2025 | 95% | 90% | 71% | 140% | — | — | — | — | 5% | 33% | 57% | 75% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Nyambwezi Falls
Zambia
- —Height
- 0.64 m³/sAverage flow
- Dec–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7070846) · 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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