Brazil 
In numbers.
Dec–Mar
Best months
1,544m
Elevation
The water at Toldi Falls, month by month
It roars from December to February.
The fullest months: from December to February. The thinnest: from June to September.
- 100%Jan
- 90%Feb
- 74%Mar
- 43%Apr
- 25%May
- 14%Jun
- 10%Jul
- 8%Aug
- 14%Sep
- 32%Oct
- 59%Nov
- 82%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from December to March.
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.
- São Bento do Sapucaínearest town · 9.5 km in a straight line
- Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport (SJK)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 67 km in a straight lineCar hire at GRU airport (São Paulo)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From December to Marchbest months to go (estimate)
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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 525 m in 2.8 km. Here the river runs about 144 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpointsCachoeira Toldi
- —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 kmCachoeira dos Amores
- —caves
- 2campsitesRefúgio Mantí
- 11hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmChalés pedra do bau, Pousada refúgio das pedras, Hospedaria Píccola and 8 more
- 3restaurants 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
- São Bento do Sapucaí9.5 km in a straight line
- Campos do Jordão10 km in a straight line
- Sapucaí-Mirim14 km in a straight line
- Paraisópolis18 km in a straight line
- Santo Antônio do Pinhal19 km in a straight line
- Brazópolis21 km in a straight line
- Piranguçu21 km in a straight line
- Gonçalves22 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 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 24 |
| Night °C | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 236 | 184 | 155 | 76 | 56 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 61 | 113 | 173 | 208 |
| Wet days | 27 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 26 |
| Sun h/day | 5.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,544 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 | 70% | 150% | 69% | 25% | 31% | 110% | 17% | 87% | 62% | 48% | 71% | 126% |
| 2021 | 53% | 94% | 72% | 20% | 50% | 67% | 53% | 34% | 38% | 176% | 63% | 93% |
| 2022 | 106% | 63% | 48% | 68% | 59% | 22% | 19% | 78% | 200% | 112% | 89% | 146% |
| 2023 | 90% | 109% | 70% | 86% | 51% | 66% | 14% | 76% | 80% | 208% | 56% | 56% |
| 2024 | 68% | 77% | 99% | 18% | 73% | 40% | 72% | 127% | 17% | 111% | 93% | 101% |
| 2025 | 47% | 37% | 80% | 115% | 20% | 67% | 35% | 18% | 35% | 60% | 35% | 43% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Toldi Falls
Brazil
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Dec–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7814124) · 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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