Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalulushi weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th 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 Kalulushi: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 230 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kitwe (14 km away). In February its highs average 25.8°C, about as warm as Kalulushi, with 233 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kalulushi ranks joint 12th of 24 for the warmest February highs and 19th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Kalulushi is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 230 mm to 172 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
Kalulushi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 273 | 28.0 | 12.813 h |
| February, selected | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 230 | 24.6 | 12.513 h |
| March | 25.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 172 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 32 | 6.6 | 11.812 h |
| May | 25.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 24.4°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| August | 27.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 17 | 3.6 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 124 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| December | 25.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 253 | 26.8 | 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
- Kitwe in FebruaryZambia · 14 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 233 mm rain
- Mufulira in FebruaryZambia · 36 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 243 mm rain
- Chingola in FebruaryZambia · 42 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 232 mm rain
- Luanshya in FebruaryZambia · 48 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 198 mm rain
- Ndola in FebruaryZambia · 60 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in FebruaryZambia · 61 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 244 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in FebruaryZambia · 140 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 199 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 147 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 215 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 Kalulushi) is explained once on the Kalulushi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.