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Victoria Falls in October

Very hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Victoria Falls is very hot: highs near 97°F, lows near 68°F. Rain is rare, though more frequent by the month's end, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Victoria Falls is very hot: highs near 36°C, lows near 20°C. Rain is rare, though more frequent by the month's end, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
97°F36°Caverage
Low
68°F20°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 7% of days
Daylight
12h 33mon average

Is October a good time to visit Victoria Falls?

October sits outside Victoria Falls's best months, which run from June to July. Expect very hot days and rain on fewer than one day a week.

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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

7% of days in October, against 0% to 69% through the year.

Cloud cover

24% cover in October, against 8% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

12h 33m in October, against 11h 04m to 13h 11m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September93°34°low 62°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. October97°36°low 68°low 20°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. November94°34°low 70°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Victoria Falls sits, in October

Africa/Harare
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:48 AMsets 6:17 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October 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.