Climate averages 1991–2020
Mongu 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 Mongu: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 217 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Livingstone (409 km away). In February its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Mongu, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Mongu ranks 2nd of 24 for the warmest February highs and 14th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Mongu is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 217 mm to 149 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
Mongu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 262 | 24.9 | 12.913 h |
| February, selected | 27.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 217 | 22.0 | 12.613 h |
| March | 27.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 149 | 18.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 26 | 4.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 28.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| June | 26.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.211 h |
| July | 26.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| August | 30.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| September | 33.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 3.0 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 34.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 24 | 5.0 | 12.412 h |
| November | 30.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 131 | 18.8 | 12.813 h |
| December | 27.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 232 | 25.0 | 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
- Livingstone in FebruaryZambia · 409 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 164 mm rain
- Choma in FebruaryZambia · 448 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 176 mm rain
- Rundu in FebruaryNamibia · 465 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Tshilenge in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 477 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 245 mm rain
- Solwezi in FebruaryZambia · 491 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 235 mm rain
- Mazabuka in FebruaryZambia · 500 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 144 mm rain
- Luena in FebruaryAngola · 519 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 198 mm rain
- Maun in FebruaryBotswana · 527 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 105 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 Mongu) is explained once on the Mongu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.