Climate averages 1991–2020

Choma weather
in August.

A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.4°C Daytime mean, August

Average low 11.8°C Night-time mean, August

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

August is a warm month in Choma: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mazabuka (133 km away). In August its highs average 26.7°C, 2.3°C warmer than Choma, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Choma ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest August highs and joint 13th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 26.6°C; Choma is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.0 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Choma climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Choma, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	24.8°C17.5°C	17.5°C	222	24.2	13.013 h
February	24.7°C17.3°C	17.3°C	176	21.3	12.713 h
March	24.6°C16.8°C	16.8°C	125	17.5	12.212 h
April	23.9°C14.8°C	14.8°C	30	6.8	11.712 h
May	23.0°C12.4°C	12.4°C	3.9	1.0	11.311 h
June	21.2°C10.1°C	10.1°C	1.3	0.3	11.111 h
July	20.8°C9.4°C	9.4°C	1.3	0.4	11.211 h
August, selected	24.4°C11.8°C	11.8°C	0.2	0.0	11.512 h
September	28.3°C15.3°C	15.3°C	2.0	0.4	12.012 h
October	30.0°C18.0°C	18.0°C	15	3.1	12.512 h
November	28.3°C18.5°C	18.5°C	96	13.8	12.913 h
December	25.4°C17.7°C	17.7°C	199	22.8	13.113 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

Distance from Choma

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Choma) is explained once on the Choma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.