Victoria Falls climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Victoria Falls?

Victoria Falls has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 729 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Victoria Falls?

The hottest day measured in Victoria Falls between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 2011, reaching 40.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Victoria Falls?

The coldest day measured in Victoria Falls between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at 1.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Victoria Falls?

Almost never: Victoria Falls sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Victoria Falls warmed?

Yes: Victoria Falls warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Victoria Falls?

The wettest day measured in Victoria Falls between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1983, with 107 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Victoria Falls?

The windiest day measured in Victoria Falls between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1959, with winds reaching 33.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Victoria Falls?

The warmest month in Victoria Falls is October (26.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Victoria Falls?

Victoria Falls receives on average 729 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Victoria Falls?

Victoria Falls gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 729 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is October (26.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Victoria Falls averages 0 frost days, 122 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.

Victoria Falls has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 26 October 2011) and the coldest 1.5 °C (on 15 June 1968).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Victoria FallsMatabeleland North

coords: -17.93°, 25.83°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.0°C

Average daily high

28.5°C

Average daily low

16.1°C

Annual rainfall

729mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

14.9km/h

Seasonal range

10.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

122 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

95 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.1 °C

Average feels-like low

15.5 °C

Average peak gust

33.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

65 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

40.2 °C

26 October 2011

Coldest day

1.5 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

107 mm

24 January 1983

Windiest day

33.1 km/h

19 August 1959

Strongest gust

73.4 km/h

5 January 2014

Hottest feels-like

42.3 °C

8 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

-3.2 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.9 h

16 January 2023

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.2 °C24 September 2025	5.9 °C12 July 2025	22.5 °C	895 mm	137
2024	39.0 °C28 September 2024	4.5 °C16 June 2024	24.0 °C	364 mm	231
2023	38.8 °C20 November 2023	4.7 °C11 July 2023	23.2 °C	675 mm	178
2022	36.7 °C4 October 2022	5.8 °C24 May 2022	22.0 °C	918 mm	113
2021	37.5 °C16 October 2021	6.8 °C7 July 2021	22.2 °C	852 mm	134
2020	38.9 °C8 November 2020	4.8 °C6 July 2020	22.4 °C	844 mm	129
2019	39.3 °C28 October 2019	5.6 °C20 July 2019	23.2 °C	539 mm	192
2018	37.9 °C2 November 2018	7.1 °C8 June 2018	22.8 °C	743 mm	150
2017	39.3 °C17 October 2017	6.7 °C23 June 2017	22.1 °C	1,036 mm	98
2016	39.2 °C31 October 2016	6.7 °C23 July 2016	23.1 °C	701 mm	158
2015	38.7 °C13 November 2015	6.2 °C22 June 2015	23.0 °C	431 mm	177
2014	37.7 °C25 October 2014	5.8 °C7 June 2014	22.4 °C	862 mm	116
2013	38.3 °C28 September 2013	7.2 °C20 June 2013	22.5 °C	845 mm	138
2012	38.1 °C19 October 2012	3.9 °C9 August 2012	22.4 °C	725 mm	133
2011	40.2 °C26 October 2011	2.4 °C27 June 2011	22.3 °C	772 mm	129
2010	39.3 °C12 October 2010	6.2 °C17 June 2010	22.4 °C	835 mm	122
2009	36.7 °C9 October 2009	5.6 °C28 July 2009	21.5 °C	641 mm	88
2008	37.9 °C26 September 2008	5.4 °C2 July 2008	21.7 °C	1,011 mm	101
2007	37.5 °C24 September 2007	5.8 °C29 June 2007	22.5 °C	637 mm	163
2006	37.4 °C26 October 2006	3.9 °C3 August 2006	21.8 °C	792 mm	97
2005	39.3 °C16 November 2005	6.4 °C21 June 2005	23.1 °C	634 mm	189
2004	37.1 °C27 October 2004	5.8 °C30 July 2004	21.9 °C	727 mm	127
2003	39.5 °C16 October 2003	5.7 °C9 July 2003	22.9 °C	594 mm	181
2002	37.5 °C19 October 2002	7.5 °C7 June 2002	23.1 °C	368 mm	196
2001	37.6 °C18 October 2001	5.1 °C21 July 2001	21.9 °C	776 mm	134
2000	36.6 °C6 October 2000	6.7 °C29 July 2000	21.6 °C	837 mm	104
1999	37.9 °C5 November 1999	5.9 °C29 June 1999	22.1 °C	545 mm	115
1998	38.2 °C4 November 1998	5.8 °C16 July 1998	22.6 °C	673 mm	160
1997	39.1 °C10 November 1997	2.4 °C1 July 1997	22.2 °C	587 mm	117
1996	38.2 °C21 October 1996	4.8 °C30 June 1996	22.4 °C	643 mm	127
1995	39.4 °C13 October 1995	6.3 °C18 June 1995	23.4 °C	536 mm	182
1994	38.3 °C11 November 1994	2.0 °C1 July 1994	22.0 °C	580 mm	147
1993	37.0 °C31 October 1993	6.3 °C14 June 1993	22.0 °C	868 mm	110
1992	37.8 °C21 October 1992	4.7 °C6 July 1992	22.8 °C	446 mm	183
1991	36.7 °C9 October 1991	5.0 °C20 July 1991	21.9 °C	735 mm	127
1990	39.5 °C6 November 1990	4.8 °C26 July 1990	22.7 °C	490 mm	149
1989	37.5 °C21 December 1989	4.5 °C19 June 1989	21.6 °C	668 mm	105
1988	36.8 °C10 October 1988	5.2 °C16 July 1988	21.8 °C	677 mm	118
1987	39.2 °C19 November 1987	5.0 °C25 July 1987	23.0 °C	504 mm	191
1986	35.2 °C25 September 1986	4.1 °C16 June 1986	21.3 °C	698 mm	95
1985	35.7 °C5 November 1985	4.5 °C13 June 1985	21.7 °C	599 mm	115
1984	35.5 °C4 September 1984	5.7 °C23 July 1984	22.1 °C	566 mm	145
1983	36.8 °C4 October 1983	3.9 °C14 August 1983	22.4 °C	879 mm	142
1982	35.9 °C5 February 1982	4.9 °C18 July 1982	22.4 °C	434 mm	159
1981	38.1 °C8 November 1981	3.6 °C19 June 1981	20.9 °C	888 mm	92
1980	36.0 °C16 October 1980	5.4 °C12 July 1980	21.5 °C	637 mm	123
1979	37.5 °C3 October 1979	6.2 °C27 July 1979	21.5 °C	602 mm	108
1978	37.4 °C30 September 1978	4.9 °C12 July 1978	20.9 °C	974 mm	75
1977	37.1 °C8 October 1977	5.9 °C25 June 1977	21.8 °C	1,005 mm	115
1976	37.1 °C25 October 1976	6.6 °C14 July 1976	20.5 °C	779 mm	76
1975	36.6 °C20 November 1975	5.3 °C26 July 1975	20.9 °C	657 mm	86
1974	36.4 °C16 October 1974	5.0 °C18 May 1974	20.4 °C	995 mm	70
1973	36.3 °C16 October 1973	6.6 °C17 July 1973	21.9 °C	769 mm	129
1972	37.1 °C20 October 1972	4.5 °C24 June 1972	21.5 °C	694 mm	120
1971	36.8 °C30 October 1971	7.3 °C13 June 1971	21.8 °C	624 mm	113
1970	36.7 °C2 November 1970	7.5 °C4 July 1970	22.3 °C	540 mm	140
1969	36.9 °C3 October 1969	6.8 °C18 June 1969	21.4 °C	972 mm	74
1968	38.5 °C17 October 1968	1.5 °C15 June 1968	22.5 °C	566 mm	169
1967	37.7 °C6 October 1967	3.9 °C19 July 1967	22.0 °C	519 mm	102
1966	38.5 °C31 October 1966	6.1 °C28 July 1966	22.3 °C	711 mm	118
1965	37.9 °C30 October 1965	4.9 °C2 June 1965	22.2 °C	292 mm	151
1964	36.6 °C1 October 1964	1.9 °C20 June 1964	21.8 °C	522 mm	141
1963	36.4 °C7 October 1963	5.5 °C5 July 1963	21.0 °C	726 mm	83
1962	39.3 °C17 October 1962	7.3 °C29 August 1962	21.5 °C	968 mm	78
1961	38.2 °C14 October 1961	6.8 °C10 August 1961	21.5 °C	669 mm	82
1960	37.7 °C10 October 1960	7.0 °C6 July 1960	21.6 °C	549 mm	99
1959	36.4 °C19 October 1959	7.1 °C23 July 1959	21.5 °C	650 mm	84
1958	35.3 °C11 October 1958	5.4 °C15 June 1958	20.8 °C	1,453 mm	56
1957	36.1 °C23 October 1957	6.8 °C24 June 1957	21.2 °C	1,077 mm	77
1956	36.4 °C25 October 1956	6.1 °C23 July 1956	20.5 °C	830 mm	48
1955	37.7 °C13 November 1955	6.8 °C13 August 1955	20.8 °C	1,264 mm	67
1954	39.0 °C25 October 1954	4.0 °C26 July 1954	22.8 °C	353 mm	192
1953	38.3 °C31 October 1953	5.4 °C29 June 1953	20.8 °C	1,055 mm	69
1952	37.5 °C29 October 1952	4.5 °C6 August 1952	21.9 °C	794 mm	113
1951	39.1 °C10 October 1951	4.9 °C14 July 1951	22.9 °C	484 mm	172
1950	37.3 °C24 October 1950	6.9 °C20 August 1950	21.4 °C	692 mm	97
1949	38.4 °C31 October 1949	6.6 °C11 June 1949	22.2 °C	682 mm	140
1948	36.8 °C13 October 1948	6.6 °C17 June 1948	20.9 °C	1,375 mm	76
1947	37.5 °C26 October 1947	6.2 °C19 July 1947	21.3 °C	983 mm	66
1946	38.1 °C25 October 1946	5.1 °C8 July 1946	21.2 °C	808 mm	94
1945	37.3 °C27 October 1945	7.4 °C15 July 1945	21.7 °C	753 mm	91
1944	38.9 °C26 September 1944	7.4 °C15 July 1944	22.0 °C	827 mm	97
1943	38.0 °C15 October 1943	5.1 °C30 June 1943	21.3 °C	771 mm	78
1942	37.8 °C23 October 1942	5.8 °C21 July 1942	21.6 °C	685 mm	81
1941	39.2 °C11 October 1941	7.4 °C6 July 1941	22.3 °C	603 mm	130
1940	36.9 °C17 October 1940	4.1 °C16 July 1940	21.6 °C	763 mm	101

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.0 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

137 d/yr

+15

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

895 mm

+166 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.9 °C	-0.3 °C	278 mm	+92 mm
Feb	29.4 °C	+1.3 °C	149 mm	-3 mm
Mar	29.7 °C	+1.2 °C	38 mm	-40 mm
Apr	28.4 °C	0.0 °C	37 mm	+17 mm
May	26.7 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Jun	25.0 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	24.7 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	29.3 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	34.2 °C	+2.6 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	34.1 °C	+0.4 °C	16 mm	-1 mm
Nov	29.7 °C	-1.6 °C	125 mm	+34 mm
Dec	28.5 °C	-0.6 °C	251 mm	+71 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.2 °C

24 Sep 2025

Coldest day

5.9 °C

12 Jul 2025

Wettest day

30.3 mm

8 Dec 2025

Windiest day

28.6 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

57.2 km/h

3 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.5 °C

12 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.1 °C

11 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

12.9 h

23 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Victoria Falls?

Victoria Falls has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 729 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Victoria Falls?

The hottest day measured in Victoria Falls between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 2011, reaching 40.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Victoria Falls?

The coldest day measured in Victoria Falls between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at 1.5 °C.

Does it snow in Victoria Falls?

Almost never: Victoria Falls sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Victoria Falls warmed?

Yes: Victoria Falls warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Victoria Falls?

The wettest day measured in Victoria Falls between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1983, with 107 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Victoria Falls?

The windiest day measured in Victoria Falls between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1959, with winds reaching 33.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Victoria Falls?

The warmest month in Victoria Falls is October (26.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Victoria Falls?

Victoria Falls receives on average 729 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Victoria Falls?

Victoria Falls gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Victoria Falls?

Yes: Victoria Falls has on average 65 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Victoria Falls?

In Victoria Falls, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 8 January 2016, and the lowest was -3.2 °C on 1 July 1994.

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