These are the raw data of the paper "Surface albedo and thermal radiation dynamics under conservation and conventional agriculture from two contrasting soils in sub-humid Zimbabwe” authored by Souleymane Diop, Rémi Cardinael, Ronny Lauerwald, Morgan Ferlicoq, Christian Thierfelder, Regis Chikowo, Marc Corbeels, Eric Ceschia and submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.