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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
Victoria Falls / Big Tree
From: 
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
To: 
Monday, October 3, 2022
Lake Levels Graphic: 
vic-falls

Chavuma

The Zambezi River flows at Chavuma are in recession, closing the period under review at 186m3/s as of 10th August 2026, whilst last year on the same date it was at 186m3/s.

From:
28 July 2026
To:
10 August 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2025/26)Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)
28-Jul228229
29-Jul223226
30-Jul220222
31-Jul217218
1-Aug212215
2-Aug209211
3-Aug207208
4-Aug204203
5-Aug202201
6-Aug199199
7-Aug196196
8-Aug191192
9-Aug189189
10-Aug186186

Ngonye

Flows at Ngonye are steadily decreasing, closing the period under review at 590m3/s as of 10th August 2026. The flow recorded last year on the same date was at 539m3/s.

From:
28 July 2026
To:
10 August 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2025/26)Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)
28-Jul741700
29-Jul726677
30-Jul710663
31-Jul695650
1-Aug685638
2-Aug674625
3-Aug658609
4-Aug649599
5-Aug635590
6-Aug631577
7-Aug618570
8-Aug609555
9-Aug600545
10-Aug590539

Victoria Falls (Nana’s Farm Station)

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls – Nana’s Farm Station are steadily decreasing, closing the period under review at 624m3/s as of 10th August 2026.  The flow observed on the same date last year was at 581m3/s.

From:
28 July 2026
To:
10 August 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2025/26)Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)
28-Jul822814
29-Jul808788
30-Jul785764
31-Jul769744
1-Aug752721
2-Aug733701
3-Aug720675
4-Aug703665
5-Aug691648
6-Aug674626
7-Aug661616
8-Aug641606
9-Aug631594
10-Aug624581