Guyana Waterfall

Pot Falls

One of the waterfalls of Guyana.

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.

May–Aug

Best months

84m

Elevation

The water at Pot Falls, month by month

It roars from May to August.

The fullest months: from May to August. The thinnest: March and from October to November.

39%Jan
30%Feb
22%Mar
31%Apr
77%May
100%Jun
100%Jul
76%Aug
39%Sep
21%Oct
21%Nov
37%Dec

high water best months to go

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.

Pot Falls is a waterfall in Guyana.

Getting there.

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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.

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	31	31	32	32	29	28	28	29	30	31	31	30
Night °C	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	23	23	23	23	23
Rain & snow (mm)	123	93	79	129	266	261	242	176	80	72	96	148
Wet days	16	13	12	17	26	28	28	23	14	12	15	19
Sun h/day	5.4	4.9	5.3	5.2	4.8	5.7	6.3	7.2	7.8	7.1	6.1	5.2

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (84 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	45%	17%	101%	53%	65%	118%	93%	88%	66%	50%	234%	103%
2021	75%	21%	148%	143%	149%	106%	121%	172%	94%	119%	107%	127%
2022	53%	79%	164%	115%	118%	107%	107%	81%	105%	77%	190%	126%
2023	100%	90%	44%	118%	71%	63%	95%	30%	15%	11%	23%	27%
2024	34%	18%	14%	57%	119%	149%	81%	46%	35%	64%	18%	52%
2025	56%	134%	82%	158%	91%	132%	69%	54%	22%	60%	113%	85%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Pot Falls

Guyana

—Height
—Average flow
May–AugBest months

Kaieteur Falls

Guyana

226 mHeight
663 m³/sAverage flow
May–AugBest months

See the guide

Amatuk Fall

Guyana

—Height
227 m³/sAverage flow
May–AugBest months

See the guide

Rappu Falls

Guyana

—Height
—Average flow
May–AugBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q7234570) · 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.