Guyana / Brazil 
In numbers.
May–Aug
Best months
522m
Elevation
The water at Orinduik Falls, month by month
It roars from June to August.
The fullest months: from June to August. The thinnest: from October to April.
- 11%Jan
- 8%Feb
- 6%Mar
- 20%Apr
- 66%May
- 100%Jun
- 98%Jul
- 79%Aug
- 42%Sep
- 21%Oct
- 15%Nov
- 14%Dec
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.
Waterfalls on the Brazil-Guyana border
Orinduik Falls is a waterfall in Guyana.
Getting there.
- Uiramutãnearest town · 22 km in a straight line
- Kaieteur Airport (KAI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 78 km in a straight lineCar hire at BVB airport (Boa Vista)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- 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.
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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 kmOrinduik Falls
- —caves
- —campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmGovernment Guest House
- —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
- Uiramutã22 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
| Night °C | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 54 | 43 | 39 | 112 | 245 | 279 | 233 | 189 | 86 | 65 | 72 | 64 |
| Wet days | 10 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 6.0 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (522 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 | 23% | 8% | 70% | 32% | 54% | 126% | 84% | 144% | 93% | 35% | 212% | 40% |
| 2021 | 126% | 30% | 172% | 102% | 110% | 96% | 123% | 170% | 73% | 176% | 46% | 223% |
| 2022 | 65% | 117% | 325% | 141% | 93% | 118% | 122% | 82% | 118% | 173% | 314% | 147% |
| 2023 | 78% | 74% | 19% | 131% | 64% | 47% | 102% | 30% | 12% | 51% | 20% | 39% |
| 2024 | 12% | 8% | 16% | 51% | 108% | 89% | 82% | 58% | 18% | 22% | 11% | 42% |
| 2025 | 43% | 42% | 77% | 86% | 77% | 83% | 123% | 54% | 10% | 105% | 42% | 31% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Orinduik Falls
Guyana
- —Height
- —Average flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7102704) · 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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