Chingola climate

Name: Chingola
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Chingola is warmest in October, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 12 °C. January is the wettest month (265 mm) and August the driest (0.05 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chingola averages 1,086 mm of rain and 240 days above 25 °C.

Zambia · population 256,560 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month October 31 °C
Coldest month July 12 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 265 mm
Least cloud July 16 % cloud
Hottest on record November 35 °C
Coldest on record July 7.0 °C

What to expectChingola through the year

Chingola has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in July to 31 °C in October, a swing of 7.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 240 days a year reach 25 °C, 49 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in November.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 265 mm against 0 mm in August — 4,976 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.1 °C	265 mm	90 %
February	25.2 °C	224 mm	87 %
March	25.3 °C	169 mm	75 %
April	25.3 °C	32 mm	50 %
May	25.6 °C	3 mm	29 %
June	24.2 °C	under 1 mm	18 %
July	24.1 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
August	26.9 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
September	30.0 °C	1 mm	24 %
October	30.9 °C	17 mm	43 %
November	28.3 °C	126 mm	70 %
December	25.5 °C	250 mm	86 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.1 °C	17.4 °C	20.7 °C	28.8 °C	15.4 °C	17	0
February	25.2 °C	17.3 °C	20.7 °C	29.4 °C	12.9 °C	17	0
March	25.3 °C	17.1 °C	20.7 °C	29.0 °C	12.7 °C	18	0
April	25.3 °C	16.0 °C	20.4 °C	30.0 °C	11.4 °C	17	0
May	25.6 °C	14.4 °C	19.8 °C	30.4 °C	10.0 °C	20	0
June	24.2 °C	12.1 °C	18.0 °C	28.6 °C	8.3 °C	9	0
July	24.1 °C	11.5 °C	17.6 °C	29.0 °C	7.0 °C	10	0
August	26.9 °C	14.0 °C	20.3 °C	32.1 °C	8.5 °C	25	1
September	30.0 °C	17.2 °C	23.5 °C	34.6 °C	10.4 °C	30	16
October	30.9 °C	19.1 °C	24.9 °C	34.9 °C	13.4 °C	30	22
November	28.3 °C	18.4 °C	23.0 °C	35.0 °C	14.4 °C	26	9
December	25.5 °C	17.5 °C	20.9 °C	31.6 °C	13.8 °C	20	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	265 mm	28	13 h/day	90 %	83 %	11 km/h
February	224 mm	24	13 h/day	87 %	83 %	11 km/h
March	169 mm	21	12 h/day	75 %	81 %	12 km/h
April	32 mm	6	12 h/day	50 %	70 %	15 km/h
May	3 mm	1	12 h/day	29 %	55 %	15 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	18 %	50 %	15 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	16 %	48 %	16 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	17 %	40 %	17 km/h
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	24 %	34 %	18 km/h
October	17 mm	3	12 h/day	43 %	40 %	17 km/h
November	126 mm	16	13 h/day	70 %	64 %	13 km/h
December	250 mm	27	13 h/day	86 %	81 %	11 km/h

How Chingola compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Chingola	31 °C	12 °C	1,086 mm	240
Mufulira · Zambia	32 °C	12 °C	1,114 mm	277
Kitwe · Zambia	32 °C	11 °C	1,088 mm	281
Luanshya · Zambia	32 °C	12 °C	934 mm	265
Ndola · Zambia	31 °C	11 °C	1,072 mm	244
Lubumbashi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	32 °C	11 °C	1,043 mm	286
Kipushi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	11 °C	1,174 mm	253

Where Chingola ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	5th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in June	5th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	12th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in July	19th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in May	21st of 50	95/100
The driest places in Africa in August	31st of 50	0.05 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Chingola.

QuestionsCommon questions about Chingola’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chingola?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, October is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Chingola get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 49 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 12 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Chingola?

January, averaging 265 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,086 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Chingola rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -12.529°, 27.884° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.