Kaoma weather in January

In January, Kaoma sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 228 mm of rain across 24.3 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-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 7% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of January to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kaoma's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kaoma's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
9th warmest
Overnight low
19°
9th coldest
Rainfall
228 mm
24.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
6:06 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover
83%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Kaoma is city in Zambia.

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 27°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kaoma reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 30°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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How January really feels in Kaoma

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Kaoma weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 19°22824.312.84.1
Feb27° / 19°18421.212.54.3
Mar28° / 18°12217.212.15.3
Apr28° / 17°213.711.77.5
May27° / 15°10.311.38.6
Jun25° / 13°0011.19.3
Jul25° / 12°0011.29.4
Aug29° / 15°0011.57.8
Sep32° / 19°20.611.95.3
Oct33° / 21°184.412.34.1
Nov30° / 20°11817.112.74.0
Dec28° / 19°21024.612.94.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11585
21585
31684
41684
51684
61684
71783
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kaoma gets around 228 mm of rain over 24.3 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 80% and peaks near 81% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 68% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
123167
223167
323167
423266
523266
623266
723167
823167
923167
1023167
1123068
1223068
1312970
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2213168
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2713069
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3023068
3123068

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of January to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 6:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.95:586:50
212.95:596:50
312.95:596:51
412.96:006:51
512.86:006:51
612.86:016:51
712.86:016:52
812.86:026:52
912.86:036:52
1012.86:036:53
1112.86:046:53
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1312.86:056:53
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1512.86:066:54
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2012.86:096:54
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3012.76:146:54
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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 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.16 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.18 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 Kaoma

In seasonPeak

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

Kaoma'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 Kaoma?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Kaoma for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kaoma in January

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

In January, Kaoma sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kaoma 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 Kaoma peaks around January 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 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 20UV 15Jun 20UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Kaoma 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 Kaoma is worst in September — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 6.0× the cleanest month (April, 6 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1034 µg/m³Apr 126 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar7Good
Apr6Good
May12Good
Jun24Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug33Moderate
Sep34Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kaoma?

Kaoma sits at 14.8°S, 24.8°E, 1,126 m above sea level, in Zambia. The nearest listed city is Kabompo, 147 km away.

KabompoManyingaItezhi-TezhiLukuluMufumbweKasempaMonguNamwala

Topography around Kaoma

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kaoma has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 1,142 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m.

The land around Kaoma is covered by grassland (50%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, trees (35%), grassland (35%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and trees (72%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
91 m
80 km
182 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
January weather nearby: Kabompo 147 km · Manyinga 160 km · Itezhi-Tezhi 170 km · Lukulu 174 km · Mufumbwe 184 km · Kasempa 185 km · Mongu 187 km · Namwala 206 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 Kaoma (-14.7833°, 24.8°, elevation 1,126 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).