United Kingdom 
In numbers.
0.34m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr
Sep–Nov
Best months
34m
Elevation
The water at Victoria Falls, month by month
It roars from October to March.
The fullest months: from October to March.
- 0.6 m³/sJan
- 0.4 m³/sFeb
- 0.4 m³/sMar
- 0.2 m³/sApr
- 0.2 m³/sMay
- 0.2 m³/sJun
- 0.2 m³/sJul
- 0.2 m³/sAug
- 0.3 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.4 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.17 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.56 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: April and from September to November.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Wester Ross, Highland, Scotland, UK
Victoria Falls is a waterfall in United Kingdom.
Getting there.
- Parking 130 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Stornoway Airport (SYY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 76 km in a straight lineCar hire at INV airport (Inverness)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- April and from September to Novemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 208 m in 2.2 km.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- 3waymarked walking routesTollie Path, Circular Route
- 5car parks
- —swimming spots
- 4picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 3hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmThe Old Mill Highland Lodge, Loch Maree Hotel, Loch Maree Hotel (Ghillies Cottage)
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
| Night °C | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 181 | 134 | 130 | 95 | 114 | 117 | 133 | 149 | 147 | 168 | 158 | 177 |
| Wet days | 24 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 23 |
| Sun h/day | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (34 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 115% | 184% | 120% | 43% | 103% | 130% | 97% | 65% | 109% | 139% | 114% | 107% |
| 2021 | 82% | 67% | 144% | 71% | 83% | 57% | 72% | 59% | 70% | 137% | 133% | 83% |
| 2022 | 91% | 161% | 31% | 116% | 150% | 93% | 100% | 63% | 63% | 104% | 116% | 77% |
| 2023 | 87% | 101% | 98% | 72% | 42% | 65% | 124% | 71% | 112% | 77% | 68% | 113% |
| 2024 | 88% | 112% | 59% | 125% | 71% | 96% | 91% | 116% | 49% | 71% | 65% | 169% |
| 2025 | 51% | 69% | 73% | 69% | 68% | 117% | 100% | 76% | 73% | 119% | 107% | 72% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Victoria Falls
United Kingdom
- —Height
- 0.34 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr, Sep–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7926699) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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