Haiti 
In numbers.
Sep–Dec
Best months
861m
Elevation
The water at Saut-Mathurine, month by month
It roars from October to November.
The fullest months: from October to November. The thinnest: from January to April.
- 21%Jan
- 10%Feb
- 9%Mar
- 12%Apr
- 36%May
- 42%Jun
- 34%Jul
- 40%Aug
- 53%Sep
- 100%Oct
- 86%Nov
- 45%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from September to December.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Corailnearest town · 17 km in a straight line
- Antoine-Simon International Airport (CYA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 18 km in a straight lineCar hire at PAP airport (Port-au-Prince)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From September to Decemberbest 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.
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).
Towns nearby
- Corail17 km in a straight line
- Baradères20 km in a straight line
- Cavaillon23 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 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 |
| Night °C | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 29 | 19 | 24 | 30 | 69 | 60 | 48 | 64 | 74 | 119 | 75 | 34 |
| Wet days | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 9 |
| Sun h/day | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.8 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (861 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 | 44% | 86% | 112% | 22% | 47% | 50% | 129% | 161% | 68% | 103% | 277% | 61% |
| 2021 | 61% | 259% | 145% | 59% | 59% | 105% | 217% | 221% | 253% | 50% | 144% | 59% |
| 2022 | 64% | 139% | 83% | 168% | 76% | 84% | 79% | 72% | 63% | 33% | 33% | 17% |
| 2023 | 30% | 43% | 39% | 108% | 60% | 97% | 87% | 65% | 58% | 29% | 84% | 208% |
| 2024 | 45% | 103% | 36% | 69% | 87% | 168% | 175% | 104% | 110% | 93% | 234% | 155% |
| 2025 | 71% | 107% | 122% | 205% | 41% | 80% | 72% | 78% | 166% | 208% | 81% | 62% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Saut-Mathurine
Haiti
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Sep–DecBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q21816316) · 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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