Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakonde weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Nakonde: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 221 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tunduma (5 km away). In February its highs average 23.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Nakonde, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Nakonde ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest February highs and joint 15th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Nakonde is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 221 mm to 248 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
Nakonde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 277 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| February, selected | 23.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 221 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 248 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 120 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 14 | 3.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 23.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 22.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 20 | 4.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 110 | 14.5 | 12.513 h |
| December | 24.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 249 | 25.2 | 12.713 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
- Tunduma in FebruaryTanzania · 5 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 221 mm rain
- Vwawa in FebruaryTanzania · 33 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 191 mm rain
- Katumba in FebruaryTanzania · 96 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 370 mm rain
- Kasama in FebruaryZambia · 197 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 229 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in FebruaryTanzania · 197 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 241 mm rain
- Njombe in FebruaryTanzania · 222 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 263 mm rain
- Makumbako in FebruaryTanzania · 236 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Mzuzu in FebruaryMalawi · 274 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 255 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 Nakonde) is explained once on the Nakonde year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.