Kasama climate

Name: Kasama
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Kasama is warmest in October, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 11 °C. January is the wettest month (272 mm) and July the driest (0.08 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kasama averages 1,186 mm of rain and 232 days above 25 °C.

Zambia · population 179,636 · 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 11 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 272 mm
Least cloud July 21 % cloud
Hottest on record October 35 °C
Coldest on record July 6.9 °C

What to expectKasama through the year

Kasama has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in July to 31 °C in October, a swing of 6.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 232 days a year reach 25 °C, 45 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 272 mm against 0 mm in July — 3,554 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.0 °C	272 mm	92 %
February	25.1 °C	222 mm	90 %
March	25.0 °C	208 mm	83 %
April	24.5 °C	77 mm	61 %
May	25.1 °C	8 mm	36 %
June	24.5 °C	under 1 mm	24 %
July	24.4 °C	under 1 mm	21 %
August	26.9 °C	1 mm	21 %
September	29.5 °C	2 mm	28 %
October	30.6 °C	18 mm	46 %
November	28.9 °C	120 mm	67 %
December	25.8 °C	259 mm	83 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.0 °C	16.7 °C	20.1 °C	29.4 °C	14.4 °C	17	0
February	25.1 °C	16.7 °C	20.2 °C	29.0 °C	13.1 °C	15	0
March	25.0 °C	16.7 °C	20.2 °C	28.1 °C	13.1 °C	17	0
April	24.5 °C	15.7 °C	19.6 °C	28.0 °C	10.4 °C	9	0
May	25.1 °C	13.6 °C	19.3 °C	28.3 °C	8.6 °C	16	0
June	24.5 °C	11.5 °C	18.0 °C	28.3 °C	7.2 °C	12	0
July	24.4 °C	11.0 °C	17.7 °C	28.4 °C	6.9 °C	12	0
August	26.9 °C	12.8 °C	19.9 °C	31.2 °C	7.7 °C	27	1
September	29.5 °C	15.2 °C	22.6 °C	33.5 °C	10.8 °C	29	12
October	30.6 °C	17.5 °C	24.1 °C	34.9 °C	12.4 °C	31	21
November	28.9 °C	17.6 °C	22.8 °C	34.2 °C	14.3 °C	27	11
December	25.8 °C	16.8 °C	20.7 °C	31.6 °C	13.1 °C	20	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	272 mm	29	13 h/day	92 %	85 %	10 km/h
February	222 mm	24	12 h/day	90 %	85 %	10 km/h
March	208 mm	26	12 h/day	83 %	85 %	11 km/h
April	77 mm	13	12 h/day	61 %	80 %	14 km/h
May	8 mm	1	12 h/day	36 %	65 %	14 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	24 %	55 %	14 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	21 %	51 %	15 km/h
August	1 mm	0	12 h/day	21 %	45 %	15 km/h
September	2 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	39 %	16 km/h
October	18 mm	3	12 h/day	46 %	44 %	16 km/h
November	120 mm	15	13 h/day	67 %	62 %	13 km/h
December	259 mm	26	13 h/day	83 %	81 %	10 km/h

How Kasama 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
Kasama	31 °C	11 °C	1,186 mm	232
Tunduma · Tanzania	28 °C	10 °C	1,219 mm	98
Sumbawanga · Tanzania	26 °C	11 °C	1,376 mm	69
Mansa · Zambia	31 °C	13 °C	1,034 mm	268
Mbeya · Tanzania	27 °C	12 °C	1,930 mm	124
Mzuzu · Malawi	26 °C	11 °C	1,382 mm	98

Where Kasama ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	16thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	16thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in June	19thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in May	22ndof 50	95/100
The driest places in Africa in June	30thof 50	0.1 mm
Places with the best weather in the world in July	33rdof 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kasama’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kasama?

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

How hot does Kasama get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 45 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 11 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kasama?

January, averaging 272 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,186 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 Kasama 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
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.