Climate averages 1991–2020
Nchelenge weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Nchelenge: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 183 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 8th 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 Mansa (207 km away). In February its highs average 25.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Nchelenge, with 216 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Nchelenge ranks 5th of 24 for the warmest February highs and 7th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Nchelenge is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 183 mm to 253 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
Nchelenge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 211 | 27.1 | 12.613 h |
| February, selected | 26.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 183 | 22.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 25.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 253 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 132 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| May | 26.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 10 | 2.1 | 11.712 h |
| June | 25.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 26.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 28.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 5.0 | 1.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 59 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 189 | 23.1 | 12.513 h |
| December | 25.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 246 | 28.8 | 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
- Mansa in FebruaryZambia · 207 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 216 mm rain
- Mulongo in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 174 mm rain
- Manono in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 271 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 158 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 275 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 140 mm rain
- Likasi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 284 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 227 mm rain
- Kasama in FebruaryZambia · 285 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 229 mm rain
- Kambove in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 289 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 292 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 215 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 Nchelenge) is explained once on the Nchelenge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.