Climate · Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls in May

Warm and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Victoria Falls is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 58°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Victoria Falls is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 14°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
58°F14°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 2% of days
Daylight
11h 17mon average

Is May 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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 83°F in May, against 78°F to 97°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in May, against 26°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

2% of days in May, against 0% to 69% through the year.

Cloud cover

15% cover in May, against 8% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

11h 17m in May, against 11h 04m to 13h 11m through the year.

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

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  1. April85°29°low 63°low 17°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. May83°28°low 58°low 14°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. June79°26°low 53°low 12°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Victoria Falls sits, in May

Africa/Harare

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:34 AMsets 5:51 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 May, 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 May

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.