Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakonde weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Nakonde: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 277 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tunduma (5 km away). In January its highs average 22.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Nakonde, with 277 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Nakonde ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest January highs and 17th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Nakonde is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 277 mm to 221 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
Nakonde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 277 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Tunduma in JanuaryTanzania · 5 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Vwawa in JanuaryTanzania · 33 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 240 mm rain
- Katumba in JanuaryTanzania · 96 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 456 mm rain
- Kasama in JanuaryZambia · 197 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 286 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in JanuaryTanzania · 197 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 304 mm rain
- Njombe in JanuaryTanzania · 222 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 268 mm rain
- Makumbako in JanuaryTanzania · 236 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 189 mm rain
- Mzuzu in JanuaryMalawi · 274 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 300 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.