Climate averages 1991–2020
Lusaka weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Lusaka: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th 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 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chunga (10 km away). In August its highs average 25.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Lusaka, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Lusaka ranks joint 21st of 24 for the warmest August highs and joint 20th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 26.6°C; Lusaka is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Lusaka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 240 | 25.5 | 12.913 h |
| February | 25.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 188 | 22.0 | 12.613 h |
| March | 25.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 129 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 27 | 5.4 | 11.812 h |
| May | 23.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 3.1 | 0.9 | 11.411 h |
| June | 22.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 11.211 h |
| July | 21.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| August, selected | 25.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| September | 28.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 15 | 3.3 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 98 | 14.3 | 12.813 h |
| December | 25.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 228 | 24.5 | 13.013 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
- Chunga in AugustZambia · 10 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Namalombwe in AugustZambia · 11 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Madido in AugustZambia · 11 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kafue in AugustZambia · 42 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Mazabuka in AugustZambia · 76 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kabwe in AugustZambia · 108 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in AugustZambia · 165 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Choma in AugustZambia · 209 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 0.2 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 Lusaka) is explained once on the Lusaka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Namalombwe lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.