Climate averages 1991–2020
Luanshya 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 Luanshya: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 198 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 32 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ndola (31 km away). In February its highs average 25.1°C, about as warm as Luanshya, with 229 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Luanshya ranks joint 9th of 24 for the warmest February highs and 11th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Luanshya is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 198 mm to 136 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
Luanshya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 242 | 27.1 | 12.813 h |
| February, selected | 25.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 198 | 23.3 | 12.513 h |
| March | 25.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 136 | 19.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 26 | 5.6 | 11.812 h |
| May | 25.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 24.4°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.2°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| August | 27.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 13 | 2.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 99 | 14.8 | 12.713 h |
| December | 26.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 228 | 26.0 | 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
- Ndola in FebruaryZambia · 31 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Kitwe in FebruaryZambia · 43 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 233 mm rain
- Kalulushi in FebruaryZambia · 48 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 230 mm rain
- Mufulira in FebruaryZambia · 68 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 243 mm rain
- Chingola in FebruaryZambia · 89 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 232 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in FebruaryZambia · 97 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 199 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in FebruaryZambia · 107 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 244 mm rain
- Kabwe in FebruaryZambia · 146 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 189 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 Luanshya) is explained once on the Luanshya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.