Weather and climate

South Luangwa 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 258 mm, daytime highs from 15.7 to 37.8 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	29.3°C	21.9°C	258 mm	27	219 and 169 mm
February	29.0°C	21.7°C	208 mm	22	219 and 169 mm
March	29.3°C	21.3°C	151 mm	17	122 mm
April	30.0°C	20.4°C	35 mm	7	31 mm
May	29.7°C	18.5°C	7 mm	2	4 mm
June prime	28.5°C	16.5°C	2 mm	0	0 mm
July prime	28.6°C	15.7°C	1 mm	0	0 mm
August prime	31.2°C	17.3°C	1 mm	0	0 mm
September	34.9°C	20.4°C	2 mm	0	0.4 mm
October	37.8°C	23.2°C	6 mm	1	10 mm
November	35.8°C	23.7°C	84 mm	11	77 mm
December	30.3°C	22.1°C	227 mm	24	172 mm

Climate figures are Open-Meteo climate normals, 1991 to 2020, taken at -12.85, 31.85. 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.