Mansa climate

Name: Mansa
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Mansa is warmest in October, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 13 °C. January is the wettest month (244 mm) and July the driest (0.04 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mansa averages 1,034 mm of rain and 268 days above 25 °C.

Zambia · population 170,965 · 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 13 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 244 mm
Least cloud July 15 % cloud
Hottest on record October 35 °C
Coldest on record July 8.8 °C

What to expectMansa through the year

Mansa has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in July to 31 °C in October, a swing of 6.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 268 days a year reach 25 °C, 56 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 244 mm against 0 mm in July — 6,645 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.3 °C	244 mm	92 %
February	25.6 °C	206 mm	89 %
March	25.6 °C	169 mm	79 %
April	25.5 °C	36 mm	53 %
May	26.1 °C	2 mm	28 %
June	25.0 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
July	24.9 °C	under 1 mm	15 %
August	27.6 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
September	30.4 °C	1 mm	25 %
October	31.3 °C	17 mm	45 %
November	28.8 °C	123 mm	70 %
December	25.8 °C	236 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	25.3 °C	17.9 °C	21.1 °C	28.6 °C	15.3 °C	19	0
February	25.6 °C	18.0 °C	21.3 °C	29.2 °C	15.5 °C	19	0
March	25.6 °C	17.9 °C	21.3 °C	28.8 °C	15.2 °C	21	0
April	25.5 °C	17.2 °C	21.0 °C	29.6 °C	12.6 °C	19	0
May	26.1 °C	15.8 °C	20.6 °C	29.5 °C	11.6 °C	24	0
June	25.0 °C	13.7 °C	19.0 °C	29.0 °C	9.5 °C	15	0
July	24.9 °C	13.2 °C	18.7 °C	29.5 °C	8.8 °C	15	0
August	27.6 °C	15.4 °C	21.2 °C	32.5 °C	10.1 °C	28	3
September	30.4 °C	18.1 °C	24.2 °C	34.7 °C	11.9 °C	30	19
October	31.3 °C	19.7 °C	25.5 °C	35.2 °C	14.3 °C	31	25
November	28.8 °C	19.0 °C	23.5 °C	34.8 °C	15.9 °C	27	10
December	25.8 °C	18.0 °C	21.5 °C	31.1 °C	15.8 °C	21	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	244 mm	27	13 h/day	92 %	86 %	12 km/h
February	206 mm	23	12 h/day	89 %	85 %	12 km/h
March	169 mm	22	12 h/day	79 %	84 %	13 km/h
April	36 mm	6	12 h/day	53 %	75 %	18 km/h
May	2 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	59 %	18 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	17 %	52 %	19 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	15 %	48 %	20 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	17 %	41 %	20 km/h
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	25 %	37 %	21 km/h
October	17 mm	3	12 h/day	45 %	44 %	19 km/h
November	123 mm	16	13 h/day	70 %	67 %	14 km/h
December	236 mm	26	13 h/day	86 %	84 %	11 km/h

How Mansa 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
Mansa	31 °C	13 °C	1,034 mm	268
Lubumbashi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	32 °C	11 °C	1,043 mm	286
Mufulira · Zambia	32 °C	12 °C	1,114 mm	277
Chingola · Zambia	31 °C	12 °C	1,086 mm	240
Kipushi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	11 °C	1,174 mm	253
Kitwe · Zambia	32 °C	11 °C	1,088 mm	281
Ndola · Zambia	31 °C	11 °C	1,072 mm	244

Where Mansa ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in June	17thof 50	0.06 mm
The driest places in Africa in August	29thof 50	0.05 mm
The driest places in Africa in July	29thof 50	0.04 mm
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	34thof 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	34thof 50	95/100
The driest places in Africa in September	39thof 50	1.1 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mansa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mansa?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, June 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 Mansa get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 56 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 13 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Mansa?

January, averaging 244 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,034 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 Mansa 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.