Climate averages 1991–2020
Kasama weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 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 Kasama: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 229 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nakonde (197 km away). In February its highs average 23.9°C, 1.2°C cooler than Kasama, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kasama ranks joint 19th of 24 for the warmest February highs and joint 17th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Kasama is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 229 mm to 216 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
Kasama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 286 | 28.9 | 12.613 h |
| February, selected | 25.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 229 | 24.2 | 12.412 h |
| March | 25.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 216 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 85 | 14.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 25.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 8.1 | 1.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 24.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| July | 24.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 26.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 29.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 18 | 3.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 123 | 15.1 | 12.613 h |
| December | 25.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 267 | 26.2 | 12.713 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
- Nakonde in FebruaryZambia · 197 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 221 mm rain
- Tunduma in FebruaryTanzania · 201 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 221 mm rain
- Vwawa in FebruaryTanzania · 228 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 191 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in FebruaryTanzania · 254 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 241 mm rain
- Mansa in FebruaryZambia · 273 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 216 mm rain
- Nchelenge in FebruaryZambia · 285 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Katumba in FebruaryTanzania · 288 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 370 mm rain
- Mzuzu in FebruaryMalawi · 340 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 255 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 Kasama) is explained once on the Kasama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.