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When to go to Livingstone
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Livingstone has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in December to August.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in April to August.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): September to November.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): February.
- The warmest month is October (36°C) and the coolest July (25°C). The wettest is January (139 mm) and the driest July (0 mm); about 611 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, mixed
- FebMild–warm, mixed
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprMild–warm, dry
- MayMild–warm, dry
- JunMild–warm, dry
- JulMild–warm, dry
- AugMild–warm, dry
- SeptHot
- OctHot
- NovHot
- DecMild–warm, mixed
Month by month
Every month in Livingstone
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°C | 19°C | 139 mm | 68% | 74% | 6.1 | 23°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| February | 30°C | 19°C | 126 mm | 71% | 69% | 6.1 | 24°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| March | 30°C | 18°C | 92 mm | 67% | 60% | 5.9 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 29°C | 16°C | 33 mm | 57% | 38% | 5.7 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 28°C | 12°C | 2 mm | 44% | 25% | 5.4 | 35°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| June | 26°C | 10°C | 6 mm | 43% | 23% | 4.9 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| July | 25°C | 9°C | 0 mm | 40% | 21% | 5.1 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| August | 29°C | 12°C | 0 mm | 32% | 16% | 5.9 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 33°C | 16°C | 2 mm | 27% | 19% | 6.5 | 37°C | Hot |
| October | 36°C | 20°C | 12 mm | 30% | 38% | 6.8 | 34°C | Hot |
| November | 34°C | 21°C | 63 mm | 45% | 67% | 6.2 | 29°C | Hot |
| December | 31°C | 20°C | 136 mm | 63% | 78% | 6 | 25°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Lusaka375 kmGood for going: February to August
- Bulawayo385 kmGood for going: November to September
- Harare550 kmGood for going: February to November
- Kitwe615 kmGood for going: March to August and November
- Ndola619 kmGood for going: March to August and November
- Solwezi633 kmGood for going: April to August and November
- Lubumbashi709 kmGood for going: April to August and November
- Gaborone758 kmGood for going: March to September
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