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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, with isolated rises being observed due to the influence of localised rainfall activity, closing the period under review at 81m3/s as of 10th November 2026, whilst last year on the same date it was at 78m3/s. 

From:
28 October 2026
To:
10 November 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2025/26)Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)
28-Oct8766
29-Oct8768
30-Oct8668
31-Oct8768
1-Nov8669
2-Nov8571
3-Nov8470
4-Nov8270
5-Nov8169
6-Nov8174
7-Nov8173
8-Nov8074
9-Nov7975
10-Nov8178

Ngonye

Flows at Ngonye are steadily decreasing, closing the period under review at 244m3/s as of 10th November 2026. The flow recorded last year on the same date was at 224m3/s.

From:
28 October 2026
To:
10 November 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2025/26)Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)
28-Oct275196
29-Oct275203
30-Oct273206
31-Oct270199
1-Nov268198
2- Nov266194
3-Nov258195
4-Nov255202
5-Nov254211
6-Nov252209
7-Nov247213
8-Nov245220
9-Nov244219
10-Nov244224

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 272m3/s as of 10th November 2026.  The flow observed on the same date last year was at 219m3/s.

From:
28 October 2026
To:
10 November 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2025/26)Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)
28-Oct297220
29-Oct296219
30-Oct294214
31-Oct294212
1-Nov292212
2-Nov291211
3-Nov289206
4-Nov287212
5-Nov285217
6-Nov281220
7-Nov279216
8-Nov275216
9-Nov273217
10-Nov272219