Venezuela 
In numbers.
1,843m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
153m
Elevation
The water at Para Falls, month by month
It roars from July to August.
The fullest months: from July to August. The thinnest: from December to April.
- 839 m³/sJan
- 607 m³/sFeb
- 573 m³/sMar
- 768 m³/sApr
- 1,630 m³/sMay
- 3,095 m³/sJun
- 3,900 m³/sJul
- 4,065 m³/sAug
- 3,116 m³/sSep
- 2,245 m³/sOct
- 1,547 m³/sNov
- 1,130 m³/sDec
From about 573 m³/s in the lowest month to 4,065 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
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.
Waterfall in Venezuela
Para Falls is a waterfall on the Caura River, in Venezuela. It lies within El Caura Forest Reserve.
Getting there.
- Canaima Airport (CAJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 183 km in a straight line
- From June to Septemberbest 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.
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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 125 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 35 m below the lower rim of its valley.
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 kmSalto Las Pavas
- —caves
- 1campsitesCampamento El Playón
- —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 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 |
| Night °C | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 28 | 22 | 38 | 74 | 173 | 260 | 226 | 213 | 130 | 94 | 86 | 50 |
| Wet days | 7 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 12 |
| Sun h/day | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (153 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 | 40% | 1% | 41% | 69% | 94% | 53% | 124% | 161% | 96% | 48% | 94% | 136% |
| 2021 | 161% | 58% | 213% | 113% | 108% | 56% | 33% | 5% | 33% | 125% | 102% | 25% |
| 2022 | 7% | 71% | 39% | 181% | 97% | 99% | 126% | 90% | 122% | 4% | 12% | 2% |
| 2023 | 14% | 19% | 2% | 7% | 23% | 11% | 61% | 6% | 7% | 62% | 69% | 52% |
| 2024 | 1% | 16% | 10% | 92% | 130% | 134% | 72% | 37% | 88% | 53% | 46% | 3% |
| 2025 | 28% | 3% | 79% | 111% | 125% | 158% | 128% | 133% | 78% | 122% | 83% | 21% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Para Falls
Venezuela
- —Height
- 1,843 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q12201654) · 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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