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Lusaka in March

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Lusaka is warm: highs near 80°F, lows near 64°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Lusaka is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
80°F27°Caverage
Low
64°F18°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 70% of days
Daylight
12h 12mon average

Is March a good time to visit Lusaka?

March sits outside Lusaka's best months, which run from May to August. Expect warm days and rain on about five days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 80°F in March, against 74°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in March, against 23°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

70% of days in March, against 0% to 88% through the year.

Cloud cover

64% cover in March, against 14% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

12h 12m in March, against 11h 14m to 13h 02m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February80°27°low 64°low 18°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. March80°27°low 64°low 18°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. April79°26°low 61°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Lusaka sits, in March

Africa/Lusaka
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:10 AMsets 6:23 PM
Above the sea
1,280 mupland
Latitude
15.4°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Livingstone374 km south-west

The land around Lusaka, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Zambia in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Lusaka

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lusaka. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.