
In numbers.
Feb–May
Best months
300m
Elevation
The water at Siri Waterfall, month by month
It roars from January to May.
The fullest months: from January to May.
- 83%Jan
- 90%Feb
- 94%Mar
- 100%Apr
- 80%May
- 60%Jun
- 41%Jul
- 31%Aug
- 27%Sep
- 46%Oct
- 60%Nov
- 70%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from February to May.
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.
- Santo Pekoa International Airport (SON)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 143 km in a straight lineCar hire at VLI airport (Port Vila)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From February to Maybest 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.
- 2viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmSiri Waterfall, Drone Waterfall
- —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 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 |
| Night °C | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 249 | 248 | 254 | 268 | 191 | 151 | 113 | 99 | 100 | 178 | 192 | 214 |
| Wet days | 23 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 |
| Sun h/day | 7.7 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (300 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 | 84% | 112% | 101% | 156% | 37% | 139% | 248% | 132% | 107% | 59% | 132% | 99% |
| 2021 | 95% | 67% | 117% | 54% | 81% | 25% | 47% | 96% | 107% | 92% | 97% | 124% |
| 2022 | 104% | 131% | 102% | 84% | 53% | 88% | 87% | 62% | 44% | 86% | 129% | 74% |
| 2023 | 165% | 105% | 105% | 52% | 52% | 48% | 55% | 107% | 65% | 44% | 36% | 80% |
| 2024 | 85% | 91% | 170% | 51% | 69% | 62% | 51% | 31% | 48% | 53% | 69% | 150% |
| 2025 | 188% | 106% | 80% | 55% | 72% | 63% | 64% | 80% | 80% | 48% | 29% | 60% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7530246) · 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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