According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Zambia is May to June and November. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Zambia
- Best months
- May to June and November
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Zambia is best for
Famous for walking safaris in South Luangwa, Lower Zambezi canoe trails, and Victoria Falls adventures.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Zambia by month
Monthly averages around Lusaka; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 22 °C | a lot of rain (201 mm) |
| February | about 22 °C | a lot of rain (159 mm) |
| March | about 22 °C | some rain (90 mm) |
| April | about 21 °C | little rain (27 mm) |
| May best | about 20 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| June best | about 18 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| July | about 17 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| August | about 20 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| September | about 24 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| October | about 27 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
| November best | about 26 °C | some rain (81 mm) |
| December | about 23 °C | a lot of rain (198 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Zambia
- Capital
- Lusaka
- Language
- English
- Currency
- Zambian Kwacha (ZMW)
- Time
- UTC+2
- Plugs
- Type C, G · 230 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +260
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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