Climate averages 1991–2020
Mongu weather
in October.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Mongu: daytime highs average 34.5°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Livingstone (409 km away). In October its highs average 34.2°C, about as warm as Mongu, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Mongu ranks 1st of 24 for the warmest October highs and 22nd of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 31.2°C; Mongu is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 131 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Livingstone in OctoberZambia · 409 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Choma in OctoberZambia · 448 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Rundu in OctoberNamibia · 465 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Tshilenge in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 477 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Solwezi in OctoberZambia · 491 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Mazabuka in OctoberZambia · 500 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Luena in OctoberAngola · 519 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Maun in OctoberBotswana · 527 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 10 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.