Climate averages 1991–2020

Mansa weather
in February.

A warm, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 25.5°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 18.0°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 216 mm 24 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Mansa: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 216 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 28 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubumbashi (163 km away). In February its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Mansa, with 215 mm of rain.

Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Mansa ranks joint 9th of 24 for the warmest February highs and 13th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Mansa is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs stay level at 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 216 mm to 176 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mansa climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mansa, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	25.2°C18.0°C	18.0°C	248	27.5	12.713 h
February, selected	25.5°C18.0°C	18.0°C	216	23.9	12.512 h
March	25.5°C17.9°C	17.9°C	176	22.7	12.212 h
April	25.4°C17.2°C	17.2°C	38	6.6	11.912 h
May	26.0°C15.9°C	15.9°C	1.9	0.4	11.612 h
June	25.0°C13.8°C	13.8°C	0.1	0.0	11.511 h
July	24.8°C13.2°C	13.2°C	0	0.0	11.512 h
August	27.5°C15.5°C	15.5°C	0.1	0.0	11.712 h
September	30.4°C18.2°C	18.2°C	1.2	0.4	12.012 h
October	31.3°C19.8°C	19.8°C	18	3.3	12.312 h
November	28.7°C19.0°C	19.0°C	124	15.7	12.613 h
December	25.7°C18.0°C	18.0°C	241	26.3	12.813 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

Distance from Mansa

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mansa) is explained once on the Mansa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.