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Lusaka in November

Hot and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

November in Lusaka is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 67°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.November in Lusaka is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
67°F19°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
12h 51mon average

Is November a good time to visit Lusaka?

November sits outside Lusaka's best months, which run from May to August. Expect hot days and rain on about three 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 November sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 88°F in November, against 74°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in November, against 23°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in November, against 0% to 88% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in November, against 14% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

12h 51m in November, against 11h 14m to 13h 02m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. October90°32°low 66°low 19°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. November88°31°low 67°low 19°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. December82°28°low 65°low 18°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Lusaka sits, in November

Africa/Lusaka
this place
typical high in November 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-November
5:27 AMsets 6:16 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 November, 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 November

high · low · wet days
See November 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.