Benin 
In numbers.
Jul–Sep
Best months
337m
Elevation
The water at Tanougou Falls, month by month
It roars from August to September.
The fullest months: from August to September. The thinnest: from November to May.
- 0%Jan
- 0%Feb
- 0%Mar
- 6%Apr
- 18%May
- 40%Jun
- 70%Jul
- 100%Aug
- 89%Sep
- 47%Oct
- 14%Nov
- 2%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July 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.
Getting there.
- Yakubu Tali International Airport (TML)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 289 km in a straight line
- From July 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 128 m in 3.6 km.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmCascades de Tanougou
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- 1restaurants 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 | 33 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 33 |
| Night °C | 15 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 15 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 1 | 4 | 10 | 56 | 100 | 156 | 220 | 268 | 196 | 83 | 6 | 0 |
| Wet days | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| Sun h/day | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 9.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (337 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 | — | — | 27% | 89% | 74% | 118% | 97% | 117% | 136% | 186% | 14% | — |
| 2021 | — | — | 33% | 37% | 73% | 109% | 105% | 119% | 87% | 76% | 43% | — |
| 2022 | — | — | 70% | 98% | 104% | 115% | 93% | 106% | 198% | 109% | 10% | — |
| 2023 | — | — | 164% | 40% | 108% | 82% | 98% | 101% | 113% | 94% | 195% | — |
| 2024 | — | — | 30% | 56% | 111% | 145% | 141% | 103% | 115% | 191% | 0% | — |
| 2025 | — | — | 462% | 90% | 61% | 65% | 81% | 94% | 113% | 67% | 0% | — |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Tanougou Falls
Benin
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jul–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q30596112) · 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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