Climate averages 1991–2020
Chililabombwe weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Chililabombwe: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 244 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chingola (19 km away). In February its highs average 25.1°C, about as warm as Chililabombwe, with 232 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Chililabombwe ranks joint 7th of 24 for the warmest February highs and 24th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Chililabombwe is level with that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 244 mm to 200 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Chililabombwe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 290 | 28.8 | 12.813 h |
| February, selected | 25.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 244 | 25.1 | 12.513 h |
| March | 25.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 200 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 42 | 7.7 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 11.612 h |
| June | 24.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| August | 27.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 23 | 4.2 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 155 | 19.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 25.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 266 | 28.2 | 12.813 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Chingola in FebruaryZambia · 19 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 232 mm rain
- Mufulira in FebruaryZambia · 50 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 243 mm rain
- Kalulushi in FebruaryZambia · 61 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 230 mm rain
- Kitwe in FebruaryZambia · 65 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 233 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 87 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 215 mm rain
- Kipushi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 91 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 238 mm rain
- Luanshya in FebruaryZambia · 107 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 198 mm rain
- Ndola in FebruaryZambia · 110 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 229 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chililabombwe) is explained once on the Chililabombwe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.