Climate averages 1991–2020
Ndola weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Ndola: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 282 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luanshya (31 km away). In January its highs average 25.3°C, about as warm as Ndola, with 242 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Ndola ranks joint 21st of 24 for the warmest January highs and 22nd of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Ndola is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 282 mm to 229 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
Ndola climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 282 | 28.3 | 12.813 h |
| February | 25.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 229 | 24.1 | 12.513 h |
| March | 25.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 161 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 30 | 6.4 | 11.812 h |
| May | 25.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 24.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| August | 26.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 16 | 3.2 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 113 | 15.8 | 12.713 h |
| December | 25.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 262 | 27.0 | 12.913 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
- Luanshya in JanuaryZambia · 31 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 242 mm rain
- Kitwe in JanuaryZambia · 49 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 278 mm rain
- Kalulushi in JanuaryZambia · 60 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 273 mm rain
- Mufulira in JanuaryZambia · 63 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 280 mm rain
- Chingola in JanuaryZambia · 95 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 269 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in JanuaryZambia · 110 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 290 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in JanuaryZambia · 113 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 253 mm rain
- Kabwe in JanuaryZambia · 167 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 239 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 Ndola) is explained once on the Ndola year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.