Climate averages 1991–2020

Livingstone weather
in March.

A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 28.1°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 18.9°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 97 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Livingstone: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Choma (166 km away). In March its highs average 24.6°C, 3.5°C cooler than Livingstone, with 125 mm of rain.

Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Livingstone ranks 1st of 24 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Livingstone is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 20 mm.

The annual picture

March 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, selected	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

March 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.