Victoria Falls weather by month & the best time to visit

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · small town · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Victoria Falls is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with July and August close behind. Victoria Falls averages about 3,331 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in May.

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Sun hours / year

3,331

Sunniest month

May

Peak score

99/100

Rain / year

611 mm

Midday UV at peak

12 (extreme)

Population

35k

Elevation

1,063 m

When is the best time to visit Victoria Falls?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Victoria Falls is May, then July and August. The dullest month is October (58/100, 12 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Victoria Falls?

Victoria Falls is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,331 hours of sunshine a year. May (99/100) is noticeably better than October (58). Victoria Falls is the sunniest of the 4 destinations tracked in Zimbabwe. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 66% of the year's 611 mm falls in the three months around January.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Lusaka Zambia · 415 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
• Harare Zimbabwe · 556 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
• Gaborone Botswana · 718 km · best in Jul · 3,481 h sun/yr
• Lubumbashi Congo - Kinshasa · 746 km · best in May · 2,978 h sun/yr
• Johannesburg South Africa · 928 km · best in Aug · 3,287 h sun/yr
• Windhoek Namibia · 999 km · best in Jun · 3,829 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Livingstone Zambia · 31 km · 3,263 h sun/yr · best in May
• Kasane Botswana · 77 km · 3,263 h sun/yr · best in May
• Katima Mulilo Namibia · 183 km · 3,317 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Maun Botswana · 328 km · 3,464 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Bulawayo Zimbabwe · 362 km · 3,291 h sun/yr · best in May