Climate averages 1991–2020
Kasama weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Kasama: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 286 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nakonde (197 km away). In January its highs average 23.7°C, 1.2°C cooler than Kasama, with 277 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kasama ranks joint 21st of 24 for the warmest January highs and 23rd of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Kasama is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 286 mm to 229 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
Kasama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 286 | 28.9 | 12.613 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Nakonde in JanuaryZambia · 197 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 277 mm rain
- Tunduma in JanuaryTanzania · 201 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Vwawa in JanuaryTanzania · 228 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 240 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in JanuaryTanzania · 254 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 304 mm rain
- Mansa in JanuaryZambia · 273 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 248 mm rain
- Nchelenge in JanuaryZambia · 285 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Katumba in JanuaryTanzania · 288 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 456 mm rain
- Mzuzu in JanuaryMalawi · 340 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 300 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.