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Victoria Falls in August

Hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Victoria Falls is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 55°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Victoria Falls is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 13°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
55°F13°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 0% of days
Daylight
11h 32mon average

Is August a good time to visit Victoria Falls?

A good month, just outside Victoria Falls's best months, which run from June to July.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 85°F in August, against 78°F to 97°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in August, against 26°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

0% of days in August, against 0% to 69% through the year.

Cloud cover

9% cover in August, against 8% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

11h 32m in August, against 11h 04m to 13h 11m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July78°26°low 51°low 11°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August85°29°low 55°low 13°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. September93°34°low 62°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Victoria Falls sits, in August

Africa/Harare
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:37 AMsets 6:06 PM
Above the sea
980 mupland
Latitude
17.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Matetsi Private Game Reserve35 km west

The land around Victoria Falls, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Zimbabwe in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Victoria Falls

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Victoria Falls. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.