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Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Victoria Falls or Zagreb?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’s own page.

Choose Zagreb for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Victoria Falls 7, Zagreb 10: Zagreb leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Victoria Falls 24, Zagreb 55: Zagreb leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Victoria Falls 12, Zagreb 56: Zagreb leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Victoria Falls 8, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 39 points.
Nature & outdoors. Victoria Falls 94, Zagreb 62: Victoria Falls leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Victoria Falls 22, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Victoria Falls 38, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Victoria Falls 45, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Victoria Falls 18, Zagreb 40: Zagreb leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Victoria Falls 32, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Victoria Falls 10, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Victoria Falls 34, Zagreb 33: Victoria Falls leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Victoria Falls and Zagreb.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Zagreb
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Victoria FallsZagreb

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVictoria FallsZagreb
Official languageEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, BarweCroatian
CurrencyZimbabwe Gold (ZWG)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation961 m127 m
Main airportVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureVictoria FallsZagreb
City population33,060767,131
Museums within 10 km227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.