Luanshya climate

Name: Luanshya
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Luanshya is warmest in October, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 12 °C. January is the wettest month (241 mm) and August the driest (0.08 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Luanshya averages 934 mm of rain and 265 days above 25 °C.

Zambia · population 193,293 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month October 32 °C
Coldest month July 12 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 241 mm
Least cloud August 16 % cloud
Hottest on record November 36 °C
Coldest on record July 7.0 °C

What to expectLuanshya through the year

Luanshya has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in July to 32 °C in October, a swing of 7.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 265 days a year reach 25 °C, 62 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in November.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 241 mm against 0 mm in August — 2,886 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.4 °C	241 mm	88 %
February	25.6 °C	191 mm	85 %
March	25.7 °C	134 mm	72 %
April	25.9 °C	26 mm	46 %
May	25.9 °C	3 mm	28 %
June	24.5 °C	under 1 mm	18 %
July	24.3 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
August	27.3 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
September	30.5 °C	1 mm	20 %
October	31.6 °C	13 mm	36 %
November	29.4 °C	99 mm	65 %
December	26.0 °C	227 mm	85 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.4 °C	17.8 °C	21.1 °C	29.7 °C	14.7 °C	20	0
February	25.6 °C	17.6 °C	21.1 °C	29.6 °C	13.8 °C	19	0
March	25.7 °C	17.4 °C	21.1 °C	29.4 °C	12.9 °C	22	0
April	25.9 °C	16.1 °C	20.7 °C	31.3 °C	10.8 °C	22	0
May	25.9 °C	14.3 °C	19.9 °C	30.8 °C	9.6 °C	23	0
June	24.5 °C	12.2 °C	18.1 °C	28.8 °C	8.1 °C	11	0
July	24.3 °C	11.6 °C	17.7 °C	29.4 °C	7.0 °C	12	0
August	27.3 °C	13.9 °C	20.4 °C	32.8 °C	8.1 °C	26	3
September	30.5 °C	17.1 °C	23.7 °C	35.6 °C	10.6 °C	30	19
October	31.6 °C	19.3 °C	25.4 °C	35.7 °C	12.2 °C	31	25
November	29.4 °C	19.0 °C	23.8 °C	36.2 °C	13.9 °C	28	13
December	26.0 °C	17.9 °C	21.5 °C	32.8 °C	13.3 °C	22	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	241 mm	27	13 h/day	88 %	84 %	12 km/h
February	191 mm	23	13 h/day	85 %	84 %	12 km/h
March	134 mm	19	12 h/day	72 %	81 %	13 km/h
April	26 mm	5	12 h/day	46 %	70 %	16 km/h
May	3 mm	1	12 h/day	28 %	57 %	16 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	18 %	53 %	16 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	17 %	50 %	17 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	16 %	42 %	18 km/h
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	20 %	35 %	19 km/h
October	13 mm	3	12 h/day	36 %	39 %	18 km/h
November	99 mm	14	13 h/day	65 %	61 %	14 km/h
December	227 mm	26	13 h/day	85 %	81 %	12 km/h

How Luanshya compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Luanshya	32 °C	12 °C	934 mm	265
Ndola · Zambia	31 °C	11 °C	1,072 mm	244
Kitwe · Zambia	32 °C	11 °C	1,088 mm	281
Mufulira · Zambia	32 °C	12 °C	1,114 mm	277
Chingola · Zambia	31 °C	12 °C	1,086 mm	240
Kabwe · Zambia	31 °C	11 °C	869 mm	222
Lubumbashi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	32 °C	11 °C	1,043 mm	286

Where Luanshya ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	20thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	22ndof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in the world in June	26thof 50	96/100
The driest places in Africa in September	33rdof 50	0.9 mm
The driest places in Africa in August	36thof 50	0.08 mm
Places with the best weather in the world in July	40thof 50	95/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Luanshya.

QuestionsCommon questions about Luanshya’s climate

When is the best time to visit Luanshya?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, October is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Luanshya get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 62 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 12 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Luanshya?

January, averaging 241 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 934 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Luanshya rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.