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CityCompass
Best time to be here: May, August and September. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
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Days 26 °C, nights 17 °C
191 h sunshine · 12.8 h daylight
207 mm rain · 81% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 17 °C
181 h sunshine · 12.5 h daylight
148 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 16 °C
218 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
94 mm rain · 78% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 14 °C
247 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
28 mm rain · 67% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 11 °C
295 h sunshine · 11.3 h daylight
3 mm rain · 53% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 9 °C
275 h sunshine · 11.1 h daylight
1 mm rain · 50% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 9 °C
288 h sunshine · 11.2 h daylight
1 mm rain · 47% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 11 °C
311 h sunshine · 11.5 h daylight
0 mm rain · 39% humidity
Days 31 °C, nights 15 °C
296 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
1 mm rain · 33% humidity
Days 33 °C, nights 18 °C
296 h sunshine · 12.4 h daylight
11 mm rain · 36% humidity
Days 31 °C, nights 18 °C
Feels like 34 °C in the afternoons
236 h sunshine · 12.7 h daylight
81 mm rain · 52% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 18 °C
Feels like 29 °C in the afternoons
199 h sunshine · 12.9 h daylight
205 mm rain · 75% humidity
Living in Lusaka means living under Zambia's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Zambia actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Multi-Facility Economic Zone, Industrial Park, Priority Sector and Rural Enterprise Incentive Regime, and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
CityCompass
Best time to be here: May, August and September. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Dots are the other cities we cover here. Click one to switch.
Days 26 °C, nights 17 °C
191 h sunshine · 12.8 h daylight
207 mm rain · 81% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 17 °C
181 h sunshine · 12.5 h daylight
148 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 16 °C
218 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
94 mm rain · 78% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 14 °C
247 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
28 mm rain · 67% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 11 °C
295 h sunshine · 11.3 h daylight
3 mm rain · 53% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 9 °C
275 h sunshine · 11.1 h daylight
1 mm rain · 50% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 9 °C
288 h sunshine · 11.2 h daylight
1 mm rain · 47% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 11 °C
311 h sunshine · 11.5 h daylight
0 mm rain · 39% humidity
Days 31 °C, nights 15 °C
296 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
1 mm rain · 33% humidity
Days 33 °C, nights 18 °C
296 h sunshine · 12.4 h daylight
11 mm rain · 36% humidity
Days 31 °C, nights 18 °C
Feels like 34 °C in the afternoons
236 h sunshine · 12.7 h daylight
81 mm rain · 52% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 18 °C
Feels like 29 °C in the afternoons
199 h sunshine · 12.9 h daylight
205 mm rain · 75% humidity
Living in Lusaka means living under Zambia's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Zambia actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Multi-Facility Economic Zone, Industrial Park, Priority Sector and Rural Enterprise Incentive Regime, and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)