Climate averages 1991–2020
Solwezi weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Solwezi: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 235 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kipushi (104 km away). In February its highs average 25.1°C, about as warm as Solwezi, with 238 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Solwezi ranks joint 14th of 24 for the warmest February highs and 22nd of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Solwezi is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 235 mm to 209 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
Solwezi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 280 | 28.0 | 12.713 h |
| February, selected | 25.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 235 | 24.8 | 12.512 h |
| March | 25.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 209 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 48 | 8.0 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 11.612 h |
| June | 25.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 25.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| August | 28.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 31 | 5.8 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 162 | 20.7 | 12.713 h |
| December | 25.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 278 | 28.3 | 12.813 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
- Kipushi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 104 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 238 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 215 mm rain
- Likasi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 137 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 227 mm rain
- Kambove in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 146 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in FebruaryZambia · 157 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 244 mm rain
- Chingola in FebruaryZambia · 167 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 232 mm rain
- Kolwezi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 186 mm rain
- Kalulushi in FebruaryZambia · 200 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 230 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 Solwezi) is explained once on the Solwezi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.