Kalulushi weather in January

In January, Kalulushi sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 273 mm of rain across 28 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of January to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kalulushi's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kalulushi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
10th warmest
Overnight low
18°
9th coldest
Rainfall
273 mm
28 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:57 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover
87%
12th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Kalulushi is human settlement.

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kalulushi reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Kalulushi weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 18°2732812.73.7
Feb26° / 18°22724.312.43.9
Mar26° / 17°17221.612.14.8
Apr26° / 16°326.711.77.1
May26° / 14°30.811.48.5
Jun25° / 12°00.111.39.2
Jul25° / 11°0011.39.3
Aug27° / 14°0011.68.4
Sep30° / 17°10.311.96.3
Oct32° / 19°173.712.35.0
Nov29° / 19°12416.512.64.4
Dec27° / 18°25326.812.73.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
2892
3892
4892
5892
6892
7892
8892
9892
10892
11892
12892
13892
14793
15793
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kalulushi gets around 273 mm of rain over 28 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 91% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
189
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2590
2690
2790
2890
2989
3089
3188

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 49% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
115049
215049
315049
415049
515049
615049
715049
815049
915049
1015049
1115049
1205149
1305248
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2105248
2205248
2305149
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2505149
2605050
2705050
2804951
2904951
3004951
3104951

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
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316calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of January to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:48 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:486:33
212.75:496:33
312.75:506:34
412.75:506:34
512.75:516:35
612.75:516:35
712.75:526:35
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912.75:536:36
1012.75:536:36
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1312.75:556:37
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1612.75:576:37
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1812.75:586:38
1912.75:586:38
2012.75:596:38
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2212.66:006:38
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2812.66:036:38
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.05 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.05 kWh/m² to a high of 6.97 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.05 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kalulushi

In seasonPeak

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

Kalulushi's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Kalulushi?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kalulushi.

What to pack for Kalulushi in January

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

In January, Kalulushi sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kalulushi in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kalulushi peaks around January 21 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 21UV 16Jun 19UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Kalulushi in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kalulushi is worst in August — around 72 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (May, 15 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyPoorModerateAug 1669 µg/m³May 915 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul56Unhealthy
Aug72Unhealthy
Sep51Poor
Oct35Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kalulushi?

Kalulushi sits at 12.8°S, 28.1°E, 1,304 m above sea level, in Zambia. The nearest listed city is Kitwe, 14 km away.

Topography around Kalulushi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kalulushi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 1,292 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 152 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 469 m.

The land around Kalulushi is covered by artificial surfaces (28%), trees (27%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (35%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
72 m
16 km
152 m
80 km
469 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
January weather nearby: Kitwe 14 km · Chambishi 24 km · Mufulira 36 km · Chingola 42 km · Luanshya 48 km · Mokambo 54 km · Ndola 60 km · Chililabombwe 61 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
Protestant 75%Roman Catholic 20%other 3%none 2%

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 Kalulushi (-12.8415°, 28.0948°, elevation 1,304 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).