Climate averages 1991–2020
Lusaka weather
in June.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Lusaka: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical June (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chunga (10 km away). In June its highs average 22.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Lusaka, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Lusaka ranks 23rd of 24 for the warmest June highs and joint 21st of 24 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 24 cities is 23.8°C; Lusaka is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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 | 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
June in nearby cities
- Chunga in JuneZambia · 10 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Namalombwe in JuneZambia · 11 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Madido in JuneZambia · 11 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Kafue in JuneZambia · 42 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Mazabuka in JuneZambia · 76 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Kabwe in JuneZambia · 108 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in JuneZambia · 165 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Choma in JuneZambia · 209 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.1°C · 1.3 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.