Venezuela 
In numbers.
Jun–Sep
Best months
402m
Elevation
The water at Sapo Falls, month by month
It roars from June to August.
The fullest months: from June to August. The thinnest: from December to April.
- 14%Jan
- 7%Feb
- 6%Mar
- 12%Apr
- 46%May
- 95%Jun
- 100%Jul
- 91%Aug
- 58%Sep
- 36%Oct
- 30%Nov
- 23%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Sapo Falls is a waterfall in Venezuela. It lies within Canaima National Park. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Getting there.
- Canaima Airport (CAJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 3 km in a straight line
- From June to Septemberbest 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.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 38 m in 2.9 km. Here the river runs about 43 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 kmSalto Ukaima, Salto Hacha, Salto Ara
- —caves
- —campsites
- 7hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmExcursiones Kavak, Campamento Parakaupa, Jungle Rudy Campamento and 4 more
- —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 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 |
| Night °C | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 43 | 29 | 38 | 70 | 164 | 249 | 206 | 190 | 112 | 89 | 94 | 71 |
| Wet days | 12 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
| Sun h/day | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.8 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (402 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
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 | 74% | 46% | 92% | 59% | 88% | 140% | 105% | 162% | 69% | 49% | 114% | 115% |
| 2021 | 109% | 60% | 298% | 161% | 150% | 83% | 147% | 174% | 80% | 166% | 156% | 212% |
| 2022 | 86% | 113% | 236% | 144% | 119% | 121% | 111% | 68% | 73% | 16% | 50% | 71% |
| 2023 | 24% | 91% | 45% | 36% | 45% | 23% | 47% | 5% | 1% | 61% | 33% | 44% |
| 2024 | 5% | 8% | 33% | 64% | 124% | 78% | 24% | 39% | 38% | 81% | 37% | 14% |
| 2025 | 53% | 69% | 89% | 50% | 62% | 95% | 97% | 47% | 28% | 84% | 78% | 103% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Sapo Falls
Venezuela
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q2215418) · 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.
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