Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in Zambia.

ClimaNote covers 24 cities in Zambia, starting with Lusaka, Kitwe and Ndola. Open a city for charts and a table of all 12 months, or open a month for a side-by-side comparison of cities in the atlas.

Across these cities the yearly average high ranges from 24.8°C in Nakonde to 29.1°C in Mongu, and yearly rainfall from 717 mm in Mazabuka to 1,289 mm in Nchelenge. The hottest city-month is October in Mongu, with an average high of 34.5°C, and the coolest is July in Choma, at 20.8°C. By single month, the most rain falls in January in Chililabombwe, with 290 mm.

October is the warmest month in 23 cities and September in 1; July is the coolest in 21 cities and January in 1 (in 2 other cities two or more months tie). January is the wettest month in 23 cities and March in 1; August is the driest in 10 cities, July in 2 and June in 1 (in 11 other cities two or more months tie). Of these cities, all have a month with under 1 mm of rain; none has a month with an average high below 2.0°C or a month with more than 300 mm of rain.