Climate averages 1991–2020
Choma weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Choma: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mazabuka (133 km away). In October its highs average 32.5°C, 2.4°C warmer than Choma, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Choma ranks 22nd of 24 for the warmest October highs and joint 9th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 31.2°C; Choma is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 96 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mazabuka in OctoberZambia · 133 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Livingstone in OctoberZambia · 166 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Kafue in OctoberZambia · 172 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Namalombwe in OctoberZambia · 203 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Lusaka in OctoberZambia · 209 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Chunga in OctoberZambia · 215 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Madido in OctoberZambia · 219 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Kabwe in OctoberZambia · 306 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 10 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.