Weather and climate

Lower Zambezi National Park weather

What it is doing right now, what the next two weeks look like, and what each month of the year means for the game viewing.

Right now in the park

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The next two weeks

Straight from the forecast, updated when you open this page. Useful if you are packing. Not useful for choosing a month, which is what the year below is for.

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The year at a glance

Bars are rainfall, the line is the daytime high. Thirty-year averages. The green band marks the months this park is at its driest, which is when most people want to be here.

Rainfall in millimetres along the bottom. Highest month 352 mm, daytime highs from 14.6 to 34.8 degrees.

Every month, and what it means for the wildlife

The temperature tells you what to pack. The rainfall column decides what you will see.

Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	What that means here
January	28.5°C	21.5°C	352 mm	20	Peak green season, heavy rain, over 30°C, humid
February	27.5°C	21.4°C	278 mm	17	Thunderstorms most days
March	28.2°C	21.1°C	101 mm	8	Last green-season month, heavy downpours, water levels at their highest, over 30°C
April	28.4°C	19.8°C	10 mm	1	Rains taper to showers, lush, the river still high
May	26.6°C	17.2°C	6 mm	1	Dry season begins, the odd shower, days around 26°C
June prime	24.7°C	15.4°C	2 mm	0	No rain, humidity drops, nights around 10°C and days around 25°C
July prime	24.5°C	14.6°C	1 mm	0	Heart of winter, days in the 20s, single-digit nights
August prime	27.3°C	16.0°C	0 mm	0	No rain, can drop below 5°C at night, days in the 20s
September prime	31.6°C	19.6°C	1 mm	0	Rain almost unheard of, low humidity, low 30s
October	34.8°C	22.8°C	9 mm	1	Peak dry, average highs around 36°C, regularly past 40°C. Away from the river the park is brown and barren
November	32.6°C	22.8°C	115 mm	10	End of dry season, rains uncertain, hot with humidity building
December	29.1°C	21.6°C	268 mm	18	Green season, thunderstorms most days, over 30°C

Climate figures are Open-Meteo climate normals, 1991 to 2020, taken at -15.5, 29.6. The wildlife column is ours, from the sources on the best time to visit page. Averages hide bad years: a dry January still happens, and so does a wet July.