Weather in Southern

Calculated from weather data of Victoria Falls International Airport (FVFA) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	26.8	28.3	25.6	25.8	24.5	28.0
February	27.5	32.7	28.3	29.0	25.1	26.3
March	28.7	32.6	30.1	25.6	27.6	26.5
April	27.8	28.0	30.5	26.3	27.3	29.5
May	26.4		29.3	25.8	25.0	25.8
June	23.6		26.8	22.8	22.5	21.0
July	22.7		24.1	22.3	20.8	20.1
August	27.2		27.0	28.3	26.1	25.8
September	31.3		32.6	30.0	31.1	28.5
October	32.7		34.7	29.8	31.8	35.0
November	31.4		33.1	29.8	31.6	26.6
December	29.9		30.0	26.8	30.0
Average	28.0	30.3	29.4	26.5	27.8	26.2

2nd highest temperature of Zimbabwe

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	22.2	21	21	22	24	24
February	22.4	23	21	23	24	22
March	22.1	23	21	22	25	23
April	20.7	19	17	19	26	28
May	17.6		15	15	25	25
June	15.2		13	10	20	20
July	14.2		11	13	19	20
August	17.3		14	15	22	25
September	21.4		20	20	25	24
October	25.1		24	26	26	34
November	24.7		24	22	28	26
December	23.6		23	21	25
Average	21.0	21.5	18.6	18.0	24.0	23.9

1st lowest temperature of Zimbabwe

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	61	135	39	68	18
25 °C or warmer	99	257	160	133	71
20 °C or warmer	110	310	248	190	115
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.4	6	19	18	22	15
February	4.9	1	4	0	7	8
March	3.2	0	1	14	4	18
April	1.4	2	0	2	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.7		0	0	2	0
November	2.5		1	3	8	0
December	2.6		2	5	4
Average	2.7	2.2	1.6	2.3	2.8	8.1

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	14.5	15	17	14	13	14
February	14.2	17	12	14	15	14
March	14.9	16	14	15	16	15
April	15.2	16	15	14	17	16
May	13.6		13	14	9	14
June	15.0		14	18	13	16
July	16.0		17	15	16	17
August	16.1		17	16	17	21
September	17.2		15	17	18	21
October	17.9		17	20	17	16
November	15.1		15	14	14	16
December	14.0		13	12	15
Average	15.5	15.6	15.2	15.4	16.0	14.9

1st highest wind speed of Zimbabwe

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	E	E	NE	NE	E
February	E	NE	E	N	E
March	E	E	E	E	E
April	E	E	E	E	E
May		E	E	E	E
June		E	E	E	E
July		E	E	E	E
August		E	E	E	NE
September		E	E	E	E
October		NE	E	E	E
November		NE	E	NE	NE
December		NE	N	NE

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Southern weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Southern?

The warmest month is October with an average temperature of 33 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Southern?

The coldest month is July with an average daytime temperature of 23 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Southern?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in January with a probability of around 12.4 %.

Which month is the driest in Southern?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in May. The probability is about 0.0 %.