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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Lusaka
Lusaka climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing8°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation885 mm116 wet days a year
15.41° S, 28.29° EElevation 1,277 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goLusaka · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low30° / 18°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Lusaka has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is October, when afternoons average 30° and nights 18°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 8°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 885 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (247 mm, 26 wet days) and June the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 7% in August to 67% in January.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · October
- Coldest nights
- 10° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- August · 7% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 02 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 13 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 22° | 24° | 28° | 30° | 29° | 26° |
| Average low | 17° | 17° | 17° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 10° | 13° | 16° | 18° | 19° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 247 mm | 202 mm | 98 mm | 26 mm | 4 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 16 mm | 93 mm | 196 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 26 | 22.1 | 19.4 | 7.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 13.1 | 24.4 |
| Cloud cover | 67% | 59% | 41% | 18% | 13% | 10% | 11% | 7% | 8% | 18% | 41% | 64% |
| Daylight | 12h 56 | 12h 36 | 12h 12 | 11h 45 | 11h 24 | 11h 13 | 11h 17 | 11h 35 | 12h 00 | 12h 26 | 12h 49 | 13h 02 |
| Month score | 52 | 55 | 62 | 83 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 86 | 74 | 49 | 49 |
ivMonth by month
Lusaka in every month
January52
25° / 17°
247 mm · 26 wet days
February55
25° / 17°
202 mm · 22.1 wet days
March62
25° / 17°
98 mm · 19.4 wet days
April83
25° / 15°
26 mm · 7.4 wet days
May99
24° / 13°
4 mm · 0.6 wet day
June100
22° / 11°
1 mm · 0.1 wet days
July100
22° / 10°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
August100
24° / 13°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
September86
28° / 16°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
October74
30° / 18°
16 mm · 2.5 wet days
November49
29° / 19°
93 mm · 13.1 wet days
December49
26° / 18°
196 mm · 24.4 wet days