Guyana Waterfall

Rappu 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

113m

Elevation

The water at Rappu Falls, month by month

It roars from June to July.

The fullest months: from June to July. The thinnest: from October to April.

15%Jan
13%Feb
10%Mar
23%Apr
72%May
100%Jun
100%Jul
75%Aug
37%Sep
17%Oct
12%Nov
17%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.

Waterfall in Guyana

Rappu Falls is a waterfall in Guyana.

Getting there.

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From May to Augustbest 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.

Rappu Falls 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	32	32	33	32	29	28	28	29	30	32	33	32
Night °C	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	23	23	23	24	23
Rain & snow (mm)	62	58	52	111	248	255	229	164	72	58	59	83
Wet days	12	11	10	16	26	27	27	22	12	9	10	14
Sun h/day	6.0	5.4	5.7	5.7	5.4	6.2	6.9	7.4	8.1	7.6	6.7	5.9

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide. 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	22%	11%	31%	20%	39%	110%	81%	111%	61%	43%	229%	59%
2021	122%	19%	108%	122%	144%	115%	137%	158%	43%	129%	65%	106%
2022	35%	84%	172%	152%	118%	117%	109%	96%	143%	124%	275%	131%
2023	72%	71%	19%	117%	54%	77%	114%	29%	10%	39%	31%	33%
2024	16%	8%	9%	49%	119%	148%	90%	46%	28%	31%	12%	34%
2025	59%	58%	56%	135%	78%	105%	113%	82%	8%	86%	51%	68%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Rappu Falls

Guyana

—Height
—Average flow
May–AugBest months

Pot Falls

Guyana

—Height
—Average flow
May–AugBest months

See the guide

Wonotobo Falls

Guyana

—Height
650 m³/sAverage flow
Jun–SepBest months

See the guide

Kaieteur Falls

Guyana

226 mHeight
663 m³/sAverage flow
May–AugBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q7294341) · 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.