Average temperature in March is 20.9 °C
Average daytime temperature is 25.8 °C
Average night temperature is 16.8 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 28.5 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 14.6 °C
Number of sunny days: 7
Number of rainy days: 24
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 36 mm
* Weather data for Lusaka Zambia is based on climate observations for 2023 year
March (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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Maximum temperature | 25.7 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 26.2 | 26.8 | 26.4 | 26.8 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 28.2 | 26.7 | 27.3 | 26 | 24.3 | 23.8 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 25.3 | 26.5 | 25.8 | 25.8 | 25.2 | 25.7 | 25 | 26.2 | 26.9 | 25.1 | 25.9 | 24.2 | 26.3 | 25 |
Apparent max temperature | 28.5 | 29.6 | 30 | 31 | 32.2 | 30.7 | 29.2 | 30.2 | 31.4 | 30.5 | 31 | 30.1 | 26.8 | 24.6 | 25.6 | 25.7 | 24.4 | 27.9 | 27.3 | 28.5 | 27.9 | 27.7 | 27.9 | 25.7 | 26.1 | 28.9 | 26.6 | 25.9 | 24.8 | 28.3 | 25.7 |
Mean temperature | 21.2 | 20.9 | 21 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 21.7 | 22.1 | 21.9 | 22.5 | 22.6 | 21.8 | 22 | 21.5 | 19.9 | 19.2 | 19.4 | 19.2 | 20.4 | 21 | 20.7 | 20.8 | 19.8 | 20.8 | 20.4 | 20.6 | 20.9 | 21 | 20.3 | 18.9 | 20.6 | 20.3 |
Apparent mean temperature | 17.4 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 20.3 | 19.8 | 19.7 | 18.8 | 18.2 | 17.8 | 18.9 | 18.2 | 17.6 | 16.3 | 14 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 15.1 | 19.1 | 17.9 | 16.7 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 16 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 13.6 | 14.5 | 16.4 |
Minimum temperature | 16.5 | 16.3 | 16.8 | 16.2 | 18.2 | 17.8 | 18 | 17.7 | 17 | 18 | 18.1 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 18 | 17.9 | 16.9 | 16.8 | 17.4 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 16.8 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 16.9 |
Apparent min temperature | 22.9 | 22.7 | 22.9 | 23.9 | 24.1 | 24.1 | 23.6 | 23.7 | 24.3 | 23.1 | 23.2 | 23.1 | 21.4 | 19.7 | 19.1 | 19.5 | 19.4 | 20.8 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 21.2 | 20.5 | 21.1 | 20.1 | 19.9 | 20.8 | 21 | 19.3 | 18.4 | 20.9 | 20.5 |
March | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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Daylight duration (h) | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Sunshine duration (h) | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 6.4 | 11 | 11 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 10.4 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11 | 11.3 | 10.3 |
Precipitation (mm) | 1.7 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0 | 2.8 | 6.2 | 0.8 | 4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
Precipitation hours | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Wind speed (m/s) | 15.1 | 12.8 | 11 | 11.2 | 9.4 | 11.8 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 12.7 | 13.9 | 11.7 | 16.6 | 21.4 | 17.5 | 14.4 | 15.8 | 23.2 | 16.4 | 13.4 | 16.2 | 19.2 | 21.4 | 22.3 | 24.7 | 26.4 | 17.3 | 16.9 | 25.1 | 22.2 | 14.3 | 20 |
In March 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Lusaka was 28.5°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 14.6°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during March in Lusaka are 16.8°C and 25.8°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in March is about 36 mm.