Victoria Falls/Big Tree

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls are steadily increasing, as the rain season progresses, closing the period under review at 560m³/s on 9^th January 2023. The flow observed on the same date last year was 464m³/s.


Date	Flow (m3/s)(2021/22)	Flow (m3/s)(2020/21)
12/27/2022	482	389
12/28/2022	483	391
12/29/2022	487	395
12/30/2022	492	397
12/31/2022	499	399
1/1/2023	502	403
1/2/2023	521	404
1/3/2023	530	407
1/4/2023	525	405
1/5/2023	534	408
1/6/2023	536	421
1/7/2023	586	457
1/8/2023	564	458
1/9/2023	560	464

Victoria Falls / Big Tree

From:

Thursday, January 27, 2022

To:

Monday, January 9, 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 6^th March 2026, whilst last year on the same date it was lower at 2,085m³/s.

From:

21 February 2026

To:

6 March 2026


Date	Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)	Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
21-Feb	2,618	1,673
22-Feb	2,619	1,661
23-Feb	2,619	1,673
24-Feb	2,651	1,740
25-Feb	2,718	1,821
26-Feb	2,786	1,906
27-Feb	2,821	1,964
28-Feb	2,844	1,964
1-Mar	2,879	1,982
2-Mar	2,860	2,009
3-Mar	2,810	2,039
4-Mar	2,825	2,062
5-Mar	2,918	2,078
6-Mar	2,969	2,085

Ngonye

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

From:

21 February 2026

To:

6 March 2026


Date	Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)	Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
21-Feb	1,126	713
22-Feb	1,151	740
23-Feb	1,196	752
24-Feb	1,243	766
25-Feb	1,311	780
26-Feb	1,390	812
27-Feb	1,481	813
28-Feb	1,628	841
1-Mar	1,791	860
2-Mar	1,991	877
3-Mar	2,232	890
4-Mar	2,536	926
5-Mar	2,871	946
6-Mar	3,289	973

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 6^th March 2026. The flow observed on the same date last year was lower at 822m³/s.

From:

21 February 2026

To:

6 March 2026


Date	Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)	Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
21-Feb	971	624
22-Feb	988	650
23-Feb	1,006	664
24-Feb	1,030	680
25-Feb	1,065	692
26-Feb	1,102	705
27-Feb	1,124	719
28-Feb	1,159	727
1-Mar	1,188	721
2-Mar	1,216	752
3-Mar	1,228	769
4-Mar	1,421	787
5-Mar	1,323	805
6-Mar	1,357	822