Climate averages 1991–2020
Nchelenge weather
in January.
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.
January is a warm month in Nchelenge: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 211 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes January 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 January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mansa (207 km away). In January its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Nchelenge, with 248 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Nchelenge ranks 5th of 24 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Nchelenge is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 211 mm to 183 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
Nchelenge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 211 | 27.1 | 12.613 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Mansa in JanuaryZambia · 207 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 248 mm rain
- Mulongo in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Manono in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 271 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 203 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 275 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 183 mm rain
- Likasi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 284 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 269 mm rain
- Kasama in JanuaryZambia · 285 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 286 mm rain
- Kambove in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 289 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 261 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 292 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 258 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.