Climate averages 1991–2020
Livingstone weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Livingstone: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Choma (166 km away). In April its highs average 23.9°C, 3.9°C cooler than Livingstone, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Livingstone ranks 2nd of 24 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Livingstone is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 2.0 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Livingstone climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 208 | 21.2 | 13.113 h |
| February | 27.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 164 | 17.6 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 97 | 13.9 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 27.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 11.311 h |
| June | 24.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.111 h |
| July | 24.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.211 h |
| August | 27.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| September | 32.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 2.7 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 34.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 11 | 2.9 | 12.512 h |
| November | 32.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 88 | 13.4 | 12.913 h |
| December | 29.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 181 | 20.6 | 13.213 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Choma in AprilZambia · 166 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Mazabuka in AprilZambia · 299 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Kafue in AprilZambia · 338 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Maun in AprilBotswana · 350 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Namalombwe in AprilZambia · 369 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Lusaka in AprilZambia · 375 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Chunga in AprilZambia · 381 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Bulawayo in AprilZimbabwe · 385 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 23 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Livingstone) is explained once on the Livingstone year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.