Ghana Waterfall

Polzen Waterfalls

One of the waterfalls of Ghana.

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.

Jul–Oct

Best months

235m

Elevation

The water at Polzen Waterfalls, month by month

It roars from August to September.

The fullest months: from August to September. The thinnest: from December to April.

0%Jan
0%Feb
4%Mar
15%Apr
30%May
46%Jun
72%Jul
87%Aug
100%Sep
70%Oct
26%Nov
5%Dec

high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July to October.

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 the Savannah Region of Ghana

Polzen Waterfalls is a waterfall in Ghana.

Getting there.

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From July to Octoberbest 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.

Polzen Waterfalls 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	35	37	38	36	34	32	30	30	30	31	34	34
Night °C	17	21	24	25	24	23	22	22	22	22	21	18
Rain & snow (mm)	2	11	34	70	97	118	159	163	178	106	17	2
Wet days	1	3	9	19	22	25	27	27	28	22	5	0
Sun h/day	7.7	7.3	7.3	7.5	7.6	6.5	5.3	4.5	5.2	7.4	8.1	7.9

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (235 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	—	0%	167%	168%	103%	85%	110%	110%	118%	133%	4%	—
2021	—	20%	104%	79%	109%	73%	94%	126%	84%	125%	84%	—
2022	—	31%	131%	149%	150%	123%	109%	284%	136%	56%	27%	—
2023	—	18%	600%	111%	93%	108%	85%	114%	112%	80%	193%	—
2024	—	116%	78%	85%	61%	97%	71%	58%	82%	272%	0%	—
2025	—	82%	167%	55%	82%	105%	118%	84%	89%	92%	38%	—

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Polzen Waterfalls

Ghana

—Height
—Average flow
Jul–OctBest months

Kparia Waterfalls

Ghana

—Height
0.64 m³/sAverage flow
Jul–OctBest months

See the guide

Kintampo waterfalls

Ghana

25 mHeight
0.66 m³/sAverage flow
Jul–OctBest months

See the guide

Fuller Waterfalls

Ghana

—Height
—Average flow
Jul–OctBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q98409379) · 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.