Climate averages 1991–2020
Solwezi weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Solwezi: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 280 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 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kipushi (104 km away). In January its highs average 24.9°C, about as warm as Solwezi, with 290 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Solwezi ranks joint 18th of 24 for the warmest January highs and joint 20th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Solwezi is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 280 mm to 235 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
Solwezi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 280 | 28.0 | 12.713 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kipushi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 104 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 290 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 258 mm rain
- Likasi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 137 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 269 mm rain
- Kambove in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 146 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 261 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in JanuaryZambia · 157 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 290 mm rain
- Chingola in JanuaryZambia · 167 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 269 mm rain
- Kolwezi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 222 mm rain
- Kalulushi in JanuaryZambia · 200 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 273 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.