Best time to visit Zambia

Zambia is represented here by Lusaka (-15.4°, 28.3°). The NASA POWER daily series for 2001–2020 gives that city a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split, 780 mm of rain a year, and a 8.9°C swing between the coolest and warmest monthly averages.

Every city we list in Zambia falls in a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split.

Climate in Lusaka

Lusaka is hottest in October (average 27.1°C) and coolest in July (18.2°C). The monsoon runs December–March.

Open the Lusaka page for the month-by-month table, the temperature–rainfall chart, and the scoring notes.

Best months by region

Lusaka: typical hottest-month average 27.1°C and about 780 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Lusaka (May, June, and August).

Lusaka in Zambia

Lusaka sits at -15.41°, 28.29°. It is a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split. October is the warmest month at 27.1°C (high 34.7°C); July is the coolest at 18.2°C (low 10.4°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 8.9°C.

The monsoon runs from December to March. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are May, June, and August. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 2,212,301. The wettest month is January (208 mm, 25 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is August (0 mm).