Climate averages 1991–2020
Livingstone weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Livingstone: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Choma (166 km away). In November its highs average 28.3°C, 3.7°C cooler than Livingstone, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Livingstone ranks 1st of 24 for the warmest November highs and 6th of 24 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 24 cities is 29.1°C; Livingstone is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 181 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Choma in NovemberZambia · 166 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Mazabuka in NovemberZambia · 299 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Kafue in NovemberZambia · 338 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Maun in NovemberBotswana · 350 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Namalombwe in NovemberZambia · 369 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Lusaka in NovemberZambia · 375 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Chunga in NovemberZambia · 381 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Bulawayo in NovemberZimbabwe · 385 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 87 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.