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Victoria Falls

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls are now decreasing, closing the period under review at 1,675m3/s on 26th June 2023. The flow observed on the same date last year was 1,582m3/s.

13-Jun2,2122,128
14-Jun2,1672,082
15-Jun2,1222,046
16-Jun2,0822,000
17-Jun2,0401,959
18-Jun1,9981,917
19-Jun1,9591,872
20-Jun1,9191,834
21-Jun1,8741,786
22-Jun1,8361,746
23-Jun1,7901,700
24-Jun1,7541,663
25-Jun1,7161,624
26-Jun1,6751,582
Victoria Falls / Big Tree
From: 
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
To: 
Monday, June 26, 2023
Lake Levels Graphic: 

Chavuma

The Zambezi River flows at Chavuma are increasing again steadily as the rainfall season progresses, closing the period under review at 2,969m3/s as of 6th March 2026, whilst last year on the same date it was lower at 2,085m3/s.

From:
21 February 2026
To:
6 March 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
21-Feb2,6181,673
22-Feb2,6191,661
23-Feb2,6191,673
24-Feb2,6511,740
25-Feb2,7181,821
26-Feb2,7861,906
27-Feb2,8211,964
28-Feb2,8441,964
1-Mar2,8791,982
2-Mar2,8602,009
3-Mar2,8102,039
4-Mar2,8252,062
5-Mar2,9182,078
6-Mar2,9692,085

Ngonye

Flows at Ngonye are increasing, closing the period under review at 3,289m3/s as of 6th March 2026. The flow recorded last year on the same date was lower at 973m3/s.

 

From:
21 February 2026
To:
6 March 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
21-Feb1,126713
22-Feb1,151740
23-Feb1,196752
24-Feb1,243766
25-Feb1,311780
26-Feb1,390812
27-Feb1,481813
28-Feb1,628841
1-Mar1,791860
2-Mar1,991877
3-Mar2,232890
4-Mar2,536926
5-Mar2,871946
6-Mar3,289973

Victoria Falls (Nana’s Farm Station)

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls – Nana’s Farm Station are increasing again as rainfall season progresses, closing the period under review at 1,357m3/s as of 6th March 2026.  The flow observed on the same date last year was lower at 822m3/s.

From:
21 February 2026
To:
6 March 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
21-Feb971624
22-Feb988650
23-Feb1,006664
24-Feb1,030680
25-Feb1,065692
26-Feb1,102705
27-Feb1,124719
28-Feb1,159727
1-Mar1,188721
2-Mar1,216752
3-Mar1,228769
4-Mar1,421787
5-Mar1,323805
6-Mar1,357822