Guatemala 
In numbers.
0.18m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Sep–Dec
Best months
100m
Elevation
The water at Raudales de Garbutt, month by month
It roars from September to November.
The fullest months: from September to November. The thinnest: from March to May.
- 0.2 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.1 m³/sMar
- 0.1 m³/sApr
- 0.1 m³/sMay
- 0.2 m³/sJun
- 0.2 m³/sJul
- 0.2 m³/sAug
- 0.3 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.3 m³/sNov
- 0.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.06 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.33 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from September to December.
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.
Raudales de Garbutt is a waterfall in Guatemala.
Getting there.
- Melchor de Mencosnearest town · 0.1 km in a straight line
- Parking 920 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Mundo Maya International Airport (FRS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 78 km in a straight lineCar hire at BZE airport (Belize City)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From September to Decemberbest months to go (estimate)
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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
- 6car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 2toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 2bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmGarbutt's Falls
- —caves
- 1campsites
- 15hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmPunto Fijo Kara, Xultun Farm Nobles, The travel hotel and 12 more
- 20restaurants 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
- Melchor de Mencos0.1 km in a straight line
- Benque Viejo el Carmen1.6 km in a straight line
- San Jose Soccoths3.0 km in a straight line
- Bullet Tree Falls12 km in a straight line
- Cristo Rey12 km in a straight line
- San Ignacio14 km in a straight line
- San Antonio14 km in a straight line
- Santa Elena15 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 | 27 | 29 | 32 | 36 | 34 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 27 |
| Night °C | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 114 | 66 | 53 | 38 | 125 | 226 | 161 | 181 | 208 | 246 | 176 | 136 |
| Wet days | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 17 |
| Sun h/day | 5.4 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (100 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 | 126% | 75% | 53% | 35% | 166% | 134% | 45% | 83% | 95% | 88% | 342% | 115% |
| 2021 | 156% | 98% | 78% | 156% | 65% | 75% | 116% | 69% | 88% | 114% | 77% | 58% |
| 2022 | 133% | 145% | 278% | 269% | 167% | 92% | 113% | 237% | 141% | 64% | 165% | 97% |
| 2023 | 52% | 156% | 77% | 11% | 19% | 41% | 196% | 53% | 80% | 42% | 199% | 159% |
| 2024 | 69% | 17% | 45% | 85% | 6% | 169% | 147% | 115% | 89% | 180% | 151% | 126% |
| 2025 | 151% | 152% | 51% | 35% | 12% | 113% | 58% | 53% | 180% | 90% | 117% | 149% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Raudales de Garbutt
Guatemala
- —Height
- 0.18 m³/sAverage flow
- Sep–DecBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q25180049) · 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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