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Victoria Falls / Big Tree

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls are decreasing, closing the period under review at 303m3/s on 3rd October 2022. The flow observed on the same date last year was 338m3/s.

DateFlow (m3/s)(2021/22)Flow (m3/s)(2020/21)
9/20/2022345389
9/21/2022340385
9/22/2022339384
9/23/2022334377
9/24/2022333374
9/25/2022328370
9/26/2022325365
9/27/2022323360
9/28/2022318356
9/29/2022313353
9/30/2022309351
10/1/2022308344
10/2/2022305341
10/3/2022303338
From: 
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
To: 
Monday, October 3, 2022
Lake Levels Graphic: 
vic-falls

Chavuma

The Zambezi River flows at Chavuma are rising steadily, with records of fluctuations being observed due to the influence of local rainfall activity, closing the period under review at 139m3/s as of 16th December 2025, whilst last year on the same date it was lower at 89m3/s.

From:
3 December 2025
To:
16 December 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
3-DecMay-0095
4-Dec12893
5-Dec12795
6-Dec12893
7-Dec12991
8-Dec12791
9-Dec12694
10-Dec12696
11-Dec12596
12-Dec12794
13-Dec13092
14-Dec13192
15-Dec13091
16-Dec13989

Ngonye

Flows at Ngonye are increasing with records of fluctuation being observed due to local rainfall activity, closing the period under review at 395m3/s as of 16th December 2025. The flow recorded last year on the same date was lower at 295m3/s.

From:
3 December 2025
To:
16 December 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
3-Dec12795
4-Dec12893
5-Dec12795
6-Dec12893
7-Dec12991
8-Dec12791
9-Dec12694
10-Dec12696
11-Dec12596
12-Dec12794
13-Dec13092
14-Dec13192
15-Dec13091
16-Dec13989

Victoria Falls (Nana’s Farm Station)

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls – Nana’s Farm Station are steadily rising, closing the period under review at 364m3/s as of 16th December 2025.  The flow observed on the same date last year was lower at 271m3/s.

From:
3 December 2025
To:
16 December 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
3-Dec308243
4-Dec306244
5-Dec312245
6-Dec314248
7-Dec316250
8-Dec328251
9-Dec337254
10-Dec338254
11-Dec341260
12-Dec341262
13-Dec344265
14-Dec353269
15-Dec359269
16-Dec364271