Climate averages 1991–2020

Livingstone weather
in August.

A warm, very dry month: the joint 7th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.9°C Daytime mean, August

Average low 13.1°C Night-time mean, August

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

August is a warm month in Livingstone: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Choma (166 km away). In August its highs average 24.4°C, 3.5°C cooler than Livingstone, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Livingstone ranks 3rd of 24 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 26.6°C; Livingstone is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.7 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Livingstone, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

August in nearby cities

Distance from Livingstone

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 limits

How 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.