Climate averages 1991–2020
Choma weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Choma: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 222 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mazabuka (133 km away). In January its highs average 26.6°C, 1.8°C warmer than Choma, with 201 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Choma ranks 23rd of 24 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Choma is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 222 mm to 176 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Choma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Mazabuka in JanuaryZambia · 133 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Livingstone in JanuaryZambia · 166 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 208 mm rain
- Kafue in JanuaryZambia · 172 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 239 mm rain
- Namalombwe in JanuaryZambia · 203 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 240 mm rain
- Lusaka in JanuaryZambia · 209 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 240 mm rain
- Chunga in JanuaryZambia · 215 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 223 mm rain
- Madido in JanuaryZambia · 219 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 223 mm rain
- Kabwe in JanuaryZambia · 306 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 239 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 Choma) is explained once on the Choma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.