Victoria Falls in September

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Plenty of sunshine, an average eight hours per day, which is just what you need to make the most of the endless that there are to experience in the area.

Victoria Falls weather is beautiful!! For anyone getting away from the long winter months of the Northern hemisphere, you will love it.

Hot summers from September through to April, and mild winters from May though to August.

The time of year, mainly due to the rains and the water level, does have a dramatic effect on many factors that might influence your trip.

So please read the information carefully below to make sure that you plan your trip accordingly.

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Here are some factors that might be important to you…

* season generally closes completely around April/May - due to excessive high water level of the . It re opens around July

* Best - August through to December - due to the low water level of the . Worst rafting February through to May and July

* -The devils pool closes around January and only re-opens in August. However they do use other pools to swim in like angels pool until about March. The Livingstone island tour closes in April through till about late June.

* March/April- Huge volume of spray making viewing of the from the ground difficult, but great for aerial viewing.

* November/early December - Low water level of the means parts of the Falls dry up.

* The can be closed after heavy rains from December through to March.

* Best Game Viewing is from late August to the first rains around Mid November

* Migrant Birds arrive around September

* more prevalent during rainy season December to April

* Extremely hot and dry October - fantastic sunsets.

Victoria Falls Weather in Brief

Winter (May to Mid August) in is mild and dry. Average high temperatures ranging from 25-27°C (77-81°F) and average lows between 7-10°C (45-50°F). Not a bad winters day!

Summer (Mid August to end April) in is generally hot to very hot and wet during the rainy season (Mid November to April). Average highs between 32-34°C (90-93°F) and average lows between 15-19°C (59-66°F)

From the end of August the temperatures start rising, and as we get into September and through to November it is very hot and dry. The typical African landscape turns very brown and can feel a bit harsh.

This is my favourite time of the year and September is notoriously the best game viewing month as not only does the sparse vegetation make sighting of game much easier, but there is also less water inland so the animals congregate at the river.

The bird life all year round is superb but in September it is exceptional with the arrival of numerous migrants, among these are the spectacular carmine bee-eaters arriving on mass and nesting in the sand cliffs along the .

November is when you can expect the rains to start. It becomes hot, wet and quite muggy – very seldom will you find day after day of rain but is more often characterised by thunder storms building up in the late afternoon and a torrential downpour which is over in about an hour or so. Some very exciting electrical storms can be experienced.

Unfortunately the rains make some of the roads in the National Parks inaccessible and you may find that sometimes the parks are actually closed. The rainy seasons normally last until about March/April.

Above: Vic falls in the dry season, Nov/early December. You
can see that this section has almost completely dried up, there will still be some water coming over at the main falls to the left.

Above: As you can see compared to the previous photo there is now a lot more water coming over the falls. The river starts to rise in January through to it's peak in March/April

The water level drops to it's lowest around November/early December - approx 10 million litres per minute and this is naturally when the spray is at it least. Some sections of the Falls actually dry up.