Climate averages 1991–2020
Chipata weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th 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 Chipata: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 221 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lilongwe (128 km away). In February its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as Chipata, with 159 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Chipata ranks joint 14th of 24 for the warmest February highs and joint 15th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Chipata is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 221 mm to 166 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Lilongwe in FebruaryMalawi · 128 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Lichinga in FebruaryMozambique · 282 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 241 mm rain
- Mzuzu in FebruaryMalawi · 283 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 255 mm rain
- Tete in FebruaryMozambique · 298 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Mandimba in FebruaryMozambique · 333 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Zomba in FebruaryMalawi · 347 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 169 mm rain
- Blantyre in FebruaryMalawi · 349 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 204 mm rain
- Kasama in FebruaryZambia · 413 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.6°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 Chipata) is explained once on the Chipata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.