Climate · Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls in July

Warm and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Victoria Falls is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 51°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 10 minutes.July in Victoria Falls is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 11°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 10 minutes.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
51°F11°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 0% of days
Daylight
11h 10mon average

Is July a good time to visit Victoria Falls?


Yes. July is one of Victoria Falls's best months (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 July sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

10% cover in July, against 8% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

11h 10m in July, against 11h 04m to 13h 11m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. June79°26°low 53°low 12°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. July78°26°low 51°low 11°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. August85°29°low 55°low 13°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Victoria Falls sits, in July

Africa/Harare

this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
6:48 AMsets 5:57 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 July, 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 July

high · low · wet days

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.