Zambia · Africa

Best Time to Visit Zambia

Best: Jun-Sep · Great: Oct

🐘 Safari & Wildlife
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Weather

It stays hot year-round here, but swings between a heavy monsoon centered on April and a markedly drier stretch around July. In July, expect highs around 25°C with rain on roughly 2 days of the month.

Things to Do

Victoria Falls and the wildlife of South Luangwa National Park, known for walking safaris, are the country's headline draws.

Local Cuisine

Try nshima with a fish or meat relish, Zambia's everyday staple.

Month-by-month weather

Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.

JanuaryOK

Expect warm days around 28°/15°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low28° / 15°C
Rainfall80 mm
Rainy days10
Sunrise5:35 AM
Sunset6:25 PM
Daylight12h 49m
FebruaryOK

Expect warm days around 28°/15°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low28° / 15°C
Rainfall80 mm
Rainy days10
Sunrise5:45 AM
Sunset6:15 PM
Daylight12h 30m
MarchAvoid

Expect warm days around 27°/15°C, with frequent rain (~15 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low27° / 15°C
Rainfall120 mm
Rainy days15
Sunrise5:57 AM
Sunset6:03 PM
Daylight12h 6m
AprilAvoid

Expect warm days around 26°/15°C, with very wet conditions (~18 rainy days).

High / Low26° / 15°C
Rainfall144 mm
Rainy days18
Sunrise6:10 AM
Sunset5:50 PM
Daylight11h 39m
MayOK

Expect warm days around 25°/14°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).

High / Low25° / 14°C
Rainfall80 mm
Rainy days10
Sunrise6:22 AM
Sunset5:38 PM
Daylight11h 17m
JuneBest

Expect warm days around 25°/13°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).

High / Low25° / 13°C
Rainfall32 mm
Rainy days4
Sunrise6:27 AM
Sunset5:33 PM
Daylight11h 5m
JulyBest

Expect warm days around 25°/13°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).

High / Low25° / 13°C
Rainfall16 mm
Rainy days2
Sunrise6:25 AM
Sunset5:35 PM
Daylight11h 10m
AugustBest

Expect warm days around 25°/13°C, with mostly dry conditions (~3 rainy days).

High / Low25° / 13°C
Rainfall24 mm
Rainy days3
Sunrise6:15 AM
Sunset5:45 PM
Daylight11h 29m
SeptemberBest

Expect warm days around 27°/13°C, with mostly dry conditions (~3 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low27° / 13°C
Rainfall24 mm
Rainy days3
Sunrise6:02 AM
Sunset5:58 PM
Daylight11h 55m
OctoberGreat

Expect warm days around 28°/14°C, with occasional rain (~5 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low28° / 14°C
Rainfall40 mm
Rainy days5
Sunrise5:49 AM
Sunset6:11 PM
Daylight12h 21m
NovemberOK

Expect warm days around 27°/15°C, with occasional rain (~8 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low27° / 15°C
Rainfall64 mm
Rainy days8
Sunrise5:38 AM
Sunset6:22 PM
Daylight12h 44m
DecemberAvoid

Expect warm days around 27°/15°C, with frequent rain (~15 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low27° / 15°C
Rainfall120 mm
Rainy days15
Sunrise5:33 AM
Sunset6:27 PM
Daylight12h 55m

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