Chongwe weather in February

In February, Chongwe sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 163 mm of rain across 21.7 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in February, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of February to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Chongwe's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chongwe's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 163 mm; 21.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 6:05 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 10th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Chongwe is municipality of Zambia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical February day in Chongwe reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and on par with March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	27	19
16	27	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19

Chongwe weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 19°	215	25.1	12.8	4.1
Feb	27° / 19°	163	21.7	12.5	4.3
Mar	27° / 18°	109	18.2	12.1	5.3
Apr	26° / 16°	23	6	11.7	7.4
May	25° / 14°	3	0.8	11.3	8.8
Jun	23° / 12°	1	0.3	11.1	9.1
Jul	23° / 11°	1	0.1	11.2	9.0
Aug	26° / 14°	1	0.2	11.5	9.0
Sep	29° / 17°	2	0.3	11.9	7.1
Oct	32° / 20°	9	2.3	12.3	5.3
Nov	31° / 21°	69	12	12.7	4.5
Dec	28° / 19°	172	22.5	12.9	4.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	20	21	22	22	22	23	24	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27
Cloudier (%)	80	79	78	78	78	77	76	75	75	75	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	73	73

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	21	79
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	25	75
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	27	73
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	27	73
28	27	73

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Chongwe gets around 163 mm of rain over 21.7 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 78% and peaks near 81% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	79	79	79	78	78	78	77	77	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	81
2	81
3	81
4	81
5	81
6	80
7	80
8	80
9	79
10	79
11	79
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	77
16	77
17	76
18	76
19	76
20	76
21	75
22	75
23	75
24	75
25	75
26	75
27	75
28	74

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the muggy band about 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 82% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Humid (%)	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	20	21	23	24
Muggy (%)	84	84	84	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	80	80	80	79	78	78	76	75
Oppressive (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	15	84	0
2	1	15	84	0
3	1	15	84	0
4	1	16	83	0
5	1	16	83	0
6	1	16	83	0
7	1	16	82	1
8	1	16	82	1
9	1	16	82	1
10	1	16	82	1
11	1	16	82	1
12	2	15	82	1
13	2	15	82	1
14	2	15	82	1
15	2	15	82	1
16	2	15	82	1
17	2	15	82	1
18	2	15	82	1
19	2	16	81	1
20	2	16	81	1
21	2	17	80	1
22	2	17	80	1
23	2	18	80	0
24	2	19	79	0
25	2	20	78	0
26	1	21	78	0
27	1	23	76	0
28	1	24	75	0

Wind in February

Winds average 8 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of February to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:59 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:29 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09
Sunset (PM)	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	5:59	6:39
2	12.7	5:59	6:39
3	12.7	5:59	6:39
4	12.6	6:00	6:38
5	12.6	6:00	6:38
6	12.6	6:01	6:38
7	12.6	6:01	6:38
8	12.6	6:02	6:38
9	12.6	6:02	6:37
10	12.6	6:03	6:37
11	12.6	6:03	6:37
12	12.5	6:03	6:36
13	12.5	6:04	6:36
14	12.5	6:04	6:36
15	12.5	6:05	6:35
16	12.5	6:05	6:35
17	12.5	6:05	6:34
18	12.5	6:06	6:34
19	12.5	6:06	6:33
20	12.4	6:06	6:33
21	12.4	6:07	6:33
22	12.4	6:07	6:32
23	12.4	6:07	6:32
24	12.4	6:07	6:31
25	12.4	6:08	6:30
26	12.4	6:08	6:30
27	12.4	6:08	6:29
28	12.3	6:09	6:29

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.7 kWh/m² to a high of 7.2 kWh/m² in October across the year — February's 5.46 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Chongwe

In seasonPeak

In February, Chongwe sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Chongwe's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Chongwe?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.3

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Chongwe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Chongwe in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Chongwe sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Chongwe in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chongwe peaks around January 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	17	15	14	12	10	9	9	10	11	13	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Chongwe in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Chongwe is worst in August — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.2× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	15	17	16	16	19	27	37	45	38	27	19	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	37	Poor
Aug	45	Poor
Sep	38	Poor
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Chongwe?

Chongwe sits at 15.3°S, 28.7°E, 1,102 m above sea level, in Zambia. The nearest listed city is Palabana, 20 km away.

Topography around Chongwe

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Chongwe.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chongwe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m around an average of 1,082 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 316 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,104 m.

The land around Chongwe is covered by grassland (32%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, grassland (37%), shrubs (23%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (35%), shrubs (27%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

98 m

grassland 32%

16 km

316 m

grassland 37%

80 km

1,104 m

trees 35%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← January Chongwe year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Palabana 20 km · Ntandabale 29 km · Madido 33 km · Chisankane 39 km · Lusaka 43 km · Chunga 44 km · Chilanga Township 52 km · Namalombwe 53 km

Zambia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 30% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,318; 2025
Happiness: 4.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 5.2; per 100k, 2015
Road deaths: 20.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 573
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Chongwe (-15.3292°, 28.682°, elevation 1,102 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	27	19
16	27	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	21	79
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	25	75
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	27	73
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	27	73
28	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	81
2	81
3	81
4	81
5	81
6	80
7	80
8	80
9	79
10	79
11	79
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	77
16	77
17	76
18	76
19	76
20	76
21	75
22	75
23	75
24	75
25	75
26	75
27	75
28	74

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	15	84	0
2	1	15	84	0
3	1	15	84	0
4	1	16	83	0
5	1	16	83	0
6	1	16	83	0
7	1	16	82	1
8	1	16	82	1
9	1	16	82	1
10	1	16	82	1
11	1	16	82	1
12	2	15	82	1
13	2	15	82	1
14	2	15	82	1
15	2	15	82	1
16	2	15	82	1
17	2	15	82	1
18	2	15	82	1
19	2	16	81	1
20	2	16	81	1
21	2	17	80	1
22	2	17	80	1
23	2	18	80	0
24	2	19	79	0
25	2	20	78	0
26	1	21	78	0
27	1	23	76	0
28	1	24	75	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	27	19
16	27	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	21	79
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	25	75
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	27	73
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	27	73
28	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	81
2	81
3	81
4	81
5	81
6	80
7	80
8	80
9	79
10	79
11	79
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	77
16	77
17	76
18	76
19	76
20	76
21	75
22	75
23	75
24	75
25	75
26	75
27	75
28	74

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	15	84	0
2	1	15	84	0
3	1	15	84	0
4	1	16	83	0
5	1	16	83	0
6	1	16	83	0
7	1	16	82	1
8	1	16	82	1
9	1	16	82	1
10	1	16	82	1
11	1	16	82	1
12	2	15	82	1
13	2	15	82	1
14	2	15	82	1
15	2	15	82	1
16	2	15	82	1
17	2	15	82	1
18	2	15	82	1
19	2	16	81	1
20	2	16	81	1
21	2	17	80	1
22	2	17	80	1
23	2	18	80	0
24	2	19	79	0
25	2	20	78	0
26	1	21	78	0
27	1	23	76	0
28	1	24	75	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	27	19
16	27	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	21	79
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	25	75
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	27	73
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	27	73
28	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	81
2	81
3	81
4	81
5	81
6	80
7	80
8	80
9	79
10	79
11	79
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	77
16	77
17	76
18	76
19	76
20	76
21	75
22	75
23	75
24	75
25	75
26	75
27	75
28	74

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	15	84	0
2	1	15	84	0
3	1	15	84	0
4	1	16	83	0
5	1	16	83	0
6	1	16	83	0
7	1	16	82	1
8	1	16	82	1
9	1	16	82	1
10	1	16	82	1
11	1	16	82	1
12	2	15	82	1
13	2	15	82	1
14	2	15	82	1
15	2	15	82	1
16	2	15	82	1
17	2	15	82	1
18	2	15	82	1
19	2	16	81	1
20	2	16	81	1
21	2	17	80	1
22	2	17	80	1
23	2	18	80	0
24	2	19	79	0
25	2	20	78	0
26	1	21	78	0
27	1	23	76	0
28	1	24	75	0