Climate averages 1991–2020

Livingstone weather
in February.

A warm, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.9°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 19.5°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 164 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Livingstone: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Choma (166 km away). In February its highs average 24.7°C, 3.2°C cooler than Livingstone, with 176 mm of rain.

Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Livingstone ranks 1st of 24 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Livingstone is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 164 mm to 97 mm.

The annual picture

February 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, selected	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	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

February 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.