Victoria Falls weather in August

In August, Victoria Falls sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 91% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Victoria Falls's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Victoria Falls's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:39 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 11%; 1st clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; out of 10

Victoria Falls is town in the province of Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical August day in Victoria Falls reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 4°C warmer than July and about 4°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	11
2	26	11
3	26	11
4	26	11
5	27	11
6	27	11
7	27	11
8	27	11
9	27	11
10	27	12
11	27	12
12	28	12
13	28	12
14	28	12
15	28	12
16	28	12
17	28	12
18	28	13
19	29	13
20	29	13
21	29	13
22	29	13
23	29	13
24	29	13
25	29	13
26	29	14
27	30	14
28	30	14
29	30	14
30	30	14
31	30	14

How August really feels in Victoria Falls

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Victoria Falls weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 20°	197	20.5	13	4.1
Feb	29° / 20°	151	16.7	12.6	4.4
Mar	29° / 19°	80	12.7	12.1	5.2
Apr	29° / 16°	17	3.5	11.6	6.9
May	27° / 13°	2	0.5	11.2	8.6
Jun	25° / 10°	1	0.2	10.9	9.4
Jul	25° / 10°	0	0	11	9.5
Aug	28° / 12°	0	0	11.4	8.3
Sep	32° / 16°	2	0.5	11.9	5.5
Oct	34° / 20°	10	2.9	12.4	3.8
Nov	32° / 20°	80	13.7	12.8	3.5
Dec	30° / 20°	169	19.8	13.1	3.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 91% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 3%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	96	96	96	96	96
Cloudier (%)	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Victoria Falls gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:47 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:06 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:28
Sunset (PM)	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:47	5:58
2	11.2	6:47	5:59
3	11.2	6:46	5:59
4	11.2	6:46	5:59
5	11.2	6:45	5:59
6	11.2	6:45	6:00
7	11.3	6:44	6:00
8	11.3	6:44	6:00
9	11.3	6:43	6:01
10	11.3	6:43	6:01
11	11.3	6:42	6:01
12	11.3	6:42	6:01
13	11.3	6:41	6:02
14	11.4	6:40	6:02
15	11.4	6:40	6:02
16	11.4	6:39	6:02
17	11.4	6:38	6:03
18	11.4	6:38	6:03
19	11.4	6:37	6:03
20	11.5	6:36	6:03
21	11.5	6:36	6:04
22	11.5	6:35	6:04
23	11.5	6:34	6:04
24	11.5	6:33	6:04
25	11.5	6:33	6:04
26	11.5	6:32	6:05
27	11.6	6:31	6:05
28	11.6	6:30	6:05
29	11.6	6:30	6:05
30	11.6	6:29	6:05
31	11.6	6:28	6:06

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.7 kWh/m² to a high of 7.2 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.8 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	6.0	Bright
22	6.0	Intense
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Victoria Falls

In seasonPeak

None of Victoria Falls's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Victoria Falls's monsoon runs December–February, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Victoria Falls?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.3

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

9.2

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Victoria Falls for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Victoria Falls in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Victoria Falls sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 12°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Victoria Falls in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Victoria Falls peaks around January 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	14	13	10	9	8	8	9	10	10	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	10	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Victoria Falls in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Victoria Falls is worst in September — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.0× the cleanest month (April, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	7	7	7	6	8	11	12	19	29	23	10	6
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	7	Good
Mar	7	Good
Apr	6	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	11	Good
Jul	12	Good
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	10	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Victoria Falls?

Victoria Falls sits at 17.9°S, 25.8°E, 961 m above sea level, in Zimbabwe. The nearest listed city is Livingstone, 10 km away.

Topography around Victoria Falls

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Victoria Falls.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Victoria Falls has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 251 m around an average of 923 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 394 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 767 m.

The land around Victoria Falls is covered by trees (40%) and shrubs (32%) within 3 km, trees (40%) and shrubs (36%) within 16 km, and shrubs (43%), grassland (30%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

251 m

trees 40%

16 km

394 m

trees 40%

80 km

767 m

shrubs 43%

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← July Victoria Falls year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Livingstone 10 km · Kasane 72 km · Hwange 85 km · Kalomo 122 km · Maamba 153 km · Sesheke 170 km · Katima Mulilo 171 km · Choma 175 km

Zimbabwe travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 56% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,021; 2025
Happiness: 3.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 25%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.8; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 41.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 602
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Victoria Falls (-17.9328°, 25.8307°, elevation 961 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	11
2	26	11
3	26	11
4	26	11
5	27	11
6	27	11
7	27	11
8	27	11
9	27	11
10	27	12
11	27	12
12	28	12
13	28	12
14	28	12
15	28	12
16	28	12
17	28	12
18	28	13
19	29	13
20	29	13
21	29	13
22	29	13
23	29	13
24	29	13
25	29	13
26	29	14
27	30	14
28	30	14
29	30	14
30	30	14
31	30	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	11
2	26	11
3	26	11
4	26	11
5	27	11
6	27	11
7	27	11
8	27	11
9	27	11
10	27	12
11	27	12
12	28	12
13	28	12
14	28	12
15	28	12
16	28	12
17	28	12
18	28	13
19	29	13
20	29	13
21	29	13
22	29	13
23	29	13
24	29	13
25	29	13
26	29	14
27	30	14
28	30	14
29	30	14
30	30	14
31	30	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	11
2	26	11
3	26	11
4	26	11
5	27	11
6	27	11
7	27	11
8	27	11
9	27	11
10	27	12
11	27	12
12	28	12
13	28	12
14	28	12
15	28	12
16	28	12
17	28	12
18	28	13
19	29	13
20	29	13
21	29	13
22	29	13
23	29	13
24	29	13
25	29	13
26	29	14
27	30	14
28	30	14
29	30	14
30	30	14
31	30	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100