Guyana / Suriname 
In numbers.
650m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
107m
Elevation
The water at Wonotobo Falls, month by month
It roars from June to August.
The fullest months: from June to August. The thinnest: from March to April and from November to December.
- 430 m³/sJan
- 421 m³/sFeb
- 302 m³/sMar
- 377 m³/sApr
- 904 m³/sMay
- 1,366 m³/sJun
- 1,600 m³/sJul
- 1,313 m³/sAug
- 801 m³/sSep
- 394 m³/sOct
- 223 m³/sNov
- 367 m³/sDec
From about 223 m³/s in the lowest month to 1,600 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Suriname
Wonotobo Falls is a waterfall on the Courantyne River, in Guyana.
Getting there.
- Kaieteur Airport (KAI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 193 km in a straight lineCar hire at GEO airport (Georgetown)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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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
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmWonotobovallen
- —caves
- 1campsites
- —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 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 31 |
| Night °C | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 100 | 82 | 71 | 121 | 253 | 251 | 233 | 166 | 73 | 63 | 77 | 126 |
| Wet days | 15 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 18 |
| Sun h/day | 5.9 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.9 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide. 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 | 37% | 17% | 75% | 36% | 53% | 118% | 93% | 95% | 61% | 43% | 224% | 90% |
| 2021 | 90% | 22% | 135% | 148% | 161% | 111% | 132% | 171% | 71% | 113% | 105% | 113% |
| 2022 | 48% | 79% | 156% | 129% | 125% | 117% | 110% | 88% | 123% | 91% | 221% | 129% |
| 2023 | 93% | 88% | 36% | 113% | 68% | 73% | 107% | 31% | 13% | 14% | 25% | 31% |
| 2024 | 29% | 14% | 14% | 60% | 122% | 166% | 89% | 46% | 34% | 52% | 16% | 51% |
| 2025 | 61% | 111% | 74% | 154% | 85% | 129% | 83% | 69% | 19% | 62% | 88% | 84% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Wonotobo Falls
Guyana
- —Height
- 650 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q2568588) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| 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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