Climate averages 1991–2020
Chipata weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Chipata: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lilongwe (128 km away). In August its highs average 24.7°C, 1.2°C cooler than Chipata, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Chipata ranks 16th of 24 for the warmest August highs and 24th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 26.6°C; Chipata is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.8 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Chipata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 279 | 27.4 | 12.813 h |
| February | 25.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 221 | 22.9 | 12.513 h |
| March | 25.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 166 | 21.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 35 | 7.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 25.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 4.7 | 1.2 | 11.511 h |
| June | 23.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| July | 23.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| August, selected | 25.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| September | 29.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 18 | 3.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 30.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 78 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 27.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 240 | 25.2 | 12.913 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
August in nearby cities
- Lilongwe in AugustMalawi · 128 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Lichinga in AugustMozambique · 282 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Mzuzu in AugustMalawi · 283 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Tete in AugustMozambique · 298 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Mandimba in AugustMozambique · 333 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Zomba in AugustMalawi · 347 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Blantyre in AugustMalawi · 349 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.3°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Kasama in AugustZambia · 413 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.6°C · 0.6 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 Chipata) is explained once on the Chipata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.