Climate averages 1991–2020
Kapiri Mposhi weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 6th 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 Kapiri Mposhi: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 199 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 Kabwe (58 km away). In February its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as Kapiri Mposhi, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kapiri Mposhi ranks joint 14th of 24 for the warmest February highs and 12th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Kapiri Mposhi is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs stay level at 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 199 mm to 141 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
Kapiri Mposhi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 253 | 26.4 | 12.813 h |
| February, selected | 25.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 199 | 22.7 | 12.613 h |
| March | 25.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 141 | 19.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 25 | 5.6 | 11.812 h |
| May | 24.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 11.511 h |
| June | 22.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| July | 22.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| August | 25.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| September | 29.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 13 | 2.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 93 | 13.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 26.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 226 | 24.5 | 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
- Kabwe in FebruaryZambia · 58 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 189 mm rain
- Luanshya in FebruaryZambia · 97 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 198 mm rain
- Ndola in FebruaryZambia · 113 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Kitwe in FebruaryZambia · 139 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 233 mm rain
- Kalulushi in FebruaryZambia · 140 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 230 mm rain
- Chunga in FebruaryZambia · 156 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 170 mm rain
- Madido in FebruaryZambia · 157 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 170 mm rain
- Mufulira in FebruaryZambia · 165 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 243 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 Kapiri Mposhi) is explained once on the Kapiri Mposhi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.