Climate averages 1991–2020
Mazabuka weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Mazabuka: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 201 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kafue (47 km away). In January its highs average 26.5°C, about as warm as Mazabuka, with 239 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Mazabuka ranks 3rd of 24 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Mazabuka is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 201 mm to 144 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
Mazabuka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 201 | 23.9 | 13.013 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kafue in JanuaryZambia · 47 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 239 mm rain
- Namalombwe in JanuaryZambia · 70 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 240 mm rain
- Lusaka in JanuaryZambia · 76 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 240 mm rain
- Chunga in JanuaryZambia · 82 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 223 mm rain
- Madido in JanuaryZambia · 87 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 223 mm rain
- Choma in JanuaryZambia · 133 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 222 mm rain
- Kabwe in JanuaryZambia · 174 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 239 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in JanuaryZambia · 232 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 253 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 Mazabuka) is explained once on the Mazabuka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.