Climate averages 1991–2020

Mazabuka weather
in February.

A warm, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 26.5°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 18.9°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 144 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Mazabuka: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kafue (47 km away). In February its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Mazabuka, with 181 mm of rain.

Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Mazabuka ranks 3rd of 24 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Mazabuka is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 144 mm to 93 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

Mazabuka climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mazabuka, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	26.6°C19.0°C	19.0°C	201	23.9	13.013 h
February, selected	26.5°C18.9°C	18.9°C	144	19.8	12.613 h
March	26.7°C18.6°C	18.6°C	93	14.9	12.212 h
April	26.5°C16.9°C	16.9°C	21	4.1	11.812 h
May	25.6°C14.8°C	14.8°C	1.4	0.3	11.411 h
June	23.6°C12.6°C	12.6°C	0.4	0.0	11.211 h
July	23.2°C12.0°C	12.0°C	0.3	0.1	11.311 h
August	26.7°C14.5°C	14.5°C	0.1	0.0	11.612 h
September	30.6°C18.1°C	18.1°C	1.0	0.3	12.012 h
October	32.5°C20.7°C	20.7°C	13	2.4	12.412 h
November	30.8°C20.7°C	20.7°C	74	12.5	12.813 h
December	27.6°C19.4°C	19.4°C	169	21.8	13.013 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 Mazabuka

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 Mazabuka) is explained once on the Mazabuka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.