
In numbers.
6m
Height
Dec–Mar
Best months
140m
Elevation
The water at Waterfall Nahiara, month by month
It roars from July to September and from November to April.
It carries water fairly evenly through the year.
- 100%Jan
- 93%Feb
- 85%Mar
- 85%Apr
- 70%May
- 70%Jun
- 78%Jul
- 82%Aug
- 75%Sep
- 70%Oct
- 82%Nov
- 95%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.
Waterfall Nahiara, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego
Waterfall Nahiara is a waterfall in Argentina. The water falls 6 m.
Getting there.
- Ushuaianearest town · 4.7 km in a straight line
- Parking 2,170 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 6 km in a straight lineCar hire in UshuaiaDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From December to Marchbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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How big is it?
How big it really is.
Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.
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.
- 1viewpointsMirador Wallner
- 1waymarked walking routessandero laguna del caminante
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmLa Macarena
- —caves
- 5campsitesCamping Municipal, Free Camping Rio Pipo, Puente and 2 more
- 95hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmUshuaia Cabañas Hannus, Apart Hotel Aires del Beagle, Hostal "Los Coihues" and 92 more
- 7restaurants 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
- Ushuaia4.7 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 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
| Night °C | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | -1 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 78 | 70 | 65 | 67 | 53 | 58 | 50 | 46 | 44 | 44 | 62 | 73 |
| Wet days | 22 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 21 |
| Sun h/day | 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (140 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 | 134% | 302% | 105% | 49% | 98% | 90% | 61% | 141% | 126% | 104% | 61% | 89% |
| 2021 | 58% | 78% | 211% | 89% | 100% | 53% | 112% | 103% | 53% | 76% | 505% | 53% |
| 2022 | 108% | 55% | 126% | 66% | 84% | 83% | 82% | 85% | 59% | 81% | 34% | 84% |
| 2023 | 56% | 97% | 115% | 71% | 57% | 47% | 63% | 103% | 70% | 93% | 115% | 73% |
| 2024 | 75% | 96% | 108% | 136% | 142% | 54% | 97% | 92% | 79% | 81% | 110% | 100% |
| 2025 | 82% | 112% | 105% | 65% | 106% | 74% | 67% | 51% | 77% | 82% | 136% | 111% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q96210616) · 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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