Tanzania Waterfall

Sanje Falls

One of the waterfalls of Tanzania.

When to go

Ahly4226 · CC BY-SA 4.0

In numbers.

Jan–Apr

Best months

362m

Elevation

The water at Sanje Falls, month by month

It roars from February to April.

The fullest months: from February to April. The thinnest: from June to November.

72%Jan
75%Feb
97%Mar
100%Apr
53%May
17%Jun
3%Jul
0%Aug
0%Sep
3%Oct
11%Nov
45%Dec

high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from January to April.

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 Tanzania

Sanje Falls is a waterfall in Tanzania.

Getting there.

Kidatunearest town · 12 km in a straight line
Dodoma Airport (DOD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 220 km in a straight lineCar hire at DAR airport (Dar es Salaam)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
From January to Aprilbest 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.

Sanje Falls seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 2 km

Other fallsCampsites

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
4other named waterfalls within 4 kmSanje Waterfall, Sanje, Sanje (1st) and 1 more
—caves
2campsitesHondo Hondo Forest Camp, Mizimu campsite
2hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHosteli za compassion secondary school, Hostel za wasichana
—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).

Towns nearby

Kidatu12 km in a straight line
Ruaha17 km in a straight line
Kidodi24 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	30	30	29	28	28	28	29	30	33	34	34	33
Night °C	22	22	22	21	19	18	18	18	20	21	22	22
Rain & snow (mm)	193	169	233	209	71	14	9	6	7	31	70	168
Wet days	23	22	26	26	13	3	2	2	2	5	12	21
Sun h/day	6.6	7.0	6.8	6.2	6.6	7.6	7.6	7.8	8.6	8.6	8.5	7.4

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (362 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Sanje middle waterfall — Erasmus Kamugisha · CC BY-SA 4.0

Waterfall, Udzungwa-2 — Marc Veraart · CC BY 2.0

Waterfall, Udzungwa — Marc Veraart · CC BY 2.0

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	92%	263%	218%	172%	309%	74%	1,050%	66%	17%	290%	230%	38%
2021	49%	90%	58%	62%	184%	33%	1,798%	2,895%	74%	48%	26%	29%
2022	214%	118%	55%	97%	45%	54%	193%	71%	78%	1%	73%	123%
2023	35%	41%	62%	121%	377%	259%	56%	129%	43%	68%	144%	55%
2024	187%	155%	96%	104%	34%	128%	7%	43%	26%	105%	46%	70%
2025	101%	42%	107%	118%	106%	133%	31%	57%	26%	32%	98%	47%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q2221852) · 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.