Mufulira climate

Name: Mufulira
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Mufulira is warmest in October, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 12 °C. January is the wettest month (269 mm) and July the driest (0.04 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mufulira averages 1,114 mm of rain and 277 days above 25 °C.

Zambia · population 169,136 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month July 12 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 269 mm
Least cloud July 16 % cloud
Hottest on record November 36 °C
Coldest on record July 7.7 °C

What to expectMufulira through the year

Mufulira has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in July to 32 °C in October, a swing of 7.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 277 days a year reach 25 °C, 62 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in November.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 269 mm against 0 mm in July — 7,331 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.4 °C	269 mm	90 %
February	25.6 °C	233 mm	87 %
March	25.8 °C	173 mm	75 %
April	26.0 °C	35 mm	50 %
May	26.5 °C	2 mm	30 %
June	25.1 °C	under 1 mm	18 %
July	24.8 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
August	27.7 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
September	30.8 °C	1 mm	25 %
October	31.6 °C	17 mm	44 %
November	28.9 °C	129 mm	69 %
December	25.9 °C	254 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	25.4 °C	17.7 °C	21.0 °C	29.3 °C	15.8 °C	20	0
February	25.6 °C	17.7 °C	21.1 °C	29.9 °C	14.1 °C	19	0
March	25.8 °C	17.5 °C	21.1 °C	29.5 °C	13.6 °C	23	0
April	26.0 °C	16.4 °C	20.9 °C	31.3 °C	11.9 °C	22	0
May	26.5 °C	14.9 °C	20.5 °C	31.3 °C	11.2 °C	26	0
June	25.1 °C	12.7 °C	18.7 °C	29.2 °C	8.8 °C	15	0
July	24.8 °C	12.1 °C	18.3 °C	29.6 °C	7.7 °C	15	0
August	27.7 °C	14.6 °C	21.0 °C	32.5 °C	9.1 °C	28	4
September	30.8 °C	17.7 °C	24.2 °C	35.6 °C	10.8 °C	30	21
October	31.6 °C	19.7 °C	25.6 °C	35.7 °C	14.0 °C	31	25
November	28.9 °C	18.9 °C	23.5 °C	36.0 °C	14.7 °C	27	11
December	25.9 °C	17.8 °C	21.3 °C	33.1 °C	14.9 °C	22	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	269 mm	28	13 h/day	90 %	84 %	11 km/h
February	233 mm	24	13 h/day	87 %	83 %	11 km/h
March	173 mm	21	12 h/day	75 %	81 %	12 km/h
April	35 mm	6	12 h/day	50 %	70 %	15 km/h
May	2 mm	1	12 h/day	30 %	54 %	14 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	18 %	48 %	15 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	16 %	46 %	16 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	17 %	39 %	16 km/h
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	25 %	32 %	17 km/h
October	17 mm	3	12 h/day	44 %	39 %	17 km/h
November	129 mm	17	13 h/day	69 %	64 %	13 km/h
December	254 mm	27	13 h/day	86 %	81 %	11 km/h

How Mufulira 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
Mufulira	32 °C	12 °C	1,114 mm	277
Kitwe · Zambia	32 °C	11 °C	1,088 mm	281
Chingola · Zambia	31 °C	12 °C	1,086 mm	240
Ndola · Zambia	31 °C	11 °C	1,072 mm	244
Luanshya · Zambia	32 °C	12 °C	934 mm	265
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 Mufulira ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	18th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	19th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in June	25th of 50	96/100
The driest places in Africa in July	30th of 50	0.04 mm
The driest places in Africa in August	33rd of 50	0.06 mm
The driest places in Africa in June	33rd of 50	0.1 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mufulira’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mufulira?

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 July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Mufulira get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 62 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °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 Mufulira?

January, averaging 269 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,114 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 Mufulira 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: -12.550°, 28.241° (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.