Climate averages 1991–2020
Kapiri Mposhi weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Kapiri Mposhi: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 253 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabwe (58 km away). In January its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as Kapiri Mposhi, with 239 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kapiri Mposhi ranks joint 14th of 24 for the warmest January highs and 13th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Kapiri Mposhi is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 253 mm to 199 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
Kapiri Mposhi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 253 | 26.4 | 12.813 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kabwe in JanuaryZambia · 58 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 239 mm rain
- Luanshya in JanuaryZambia · 97 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 242 mm rain
- Ndola in JanuaryZambia · 113 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 282 mm rain
- Kitwe in JanuaryZambia · 139 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 278 mm rain
- Kalulushi in JanuaryZambia · 140 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 273 mm rain
- Chunga in JanuaryZambia · 156 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 223 mm rain
- Madido in JanuaryZambia · 157 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 223 mm rain
- Mufulira in JanuaryZambia · 165 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 280 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.