Kaputa weather in January

In January, Kaputa sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 179 mm of rain across 25.8 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-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 2% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kaputa's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kaputa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 179 mm; 25.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 5:57 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover: 86%; 12th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

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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 Kaputa reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

	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	29	30	31
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	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	27	21
6	27	21
7	27	21
8	27	21
9	27	21
10	27	21
11	27	21
12	27	21
13	27	21
14	27	21
15	27	21
16	27	21
17	27	21
18	27	21
19	27	21
20	27	21
21	27	21
22	27	21
23	27	21
24	27	21
25	27	21
26	27	21
27	27	21
28	27	21
29	27	21
30	27	21
31	27	21

Kaputa weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 21°	179	25.8	12.4	4.0
Feb	27° / 21°	152	20.8	12.3	4.3
Mar	27° / 21°	163	22.8	12.1	4.5
Apr	27° / 21°	77	13.7	11.8	5.8
May	28° / 21°	7	1.5	11.6	8.1
Jun	27° / 19°	0	0	11.5	8.8
Jul	27° / 18°	0	0	11.6	8.9
Aug	29° / 20°	1	0.2	11.7	7.7
Sep	30° / 22°	3	0.8	12	6.2
Oct	30° / 22°	33	7.2	12.2	5.2
Nov	28° / 22°	119	18.4	12.4	4.6
Dec	27° / 21°	194	25.2	12.5	4.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

	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	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Cloudier (%)	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	9	91

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kaputa gets around 179 mm of rain over 25.8 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 83% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days.

	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	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	80	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	84
5	84
6	84
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	83
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	83
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	80
31	79

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 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 87% 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	29	30	31
Humid (%)	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Muggy (%)	84	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	11	89
31	11	89

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	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
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 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 5:50 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:26 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	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	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	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:50	6:19
2	12.5	5:50	6:19
3	12.5	5:51	6:20
4	12.5	5:51	6:20
5	12.5	5:52	6:21
6	12.5	5:52	6:21
7	12.5	5:53	6:21
8	12.5	5:53	6:22
9	12.5	5:54	6:22
10	12.5	5:54	6:22
11	12.5	5:55	6:23
12	12.5	5:55	6:23
13	12.5	5:56	6:23
14	12.5	5:56	6:23
15	12.4	5:57	6:24
16	12.4	5:57	6:24
17	12.4	5:58	6:24
18	12.4	5:58	6:24
19	12.4	5:59	6:25
20	12.4	5:59	6:25
21	12.4	6:00	6:25
22	12.4	6:00	6:25
23	12.4	6:00	6:25
24	12.4	6:01	6:25
25	12.4	6:01	6:25
26	12.4	6:02	6:26
27	12.4	6:02	6:26
28	12.4	6:02	6:26
29	12.4	6:03	6:26
30	12.4	6:03	6:26
31	12.4	6:04	6:26

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.56 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 5.53 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.5	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	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kaputa

In seasonPeak

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

Kaputa'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 Kaputa?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Kaputa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kaputa in January

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

In January, Kaputa sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 21°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kaputa in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January 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 Kaputa peaks around February 20 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 12 at about 10 (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)	15	16	16	14	11	10	10	9	12	13	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Kaputa 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 Kaputa is worst in August — around 103 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 14.7× the cleanest month (April, 7 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)	12	11	9	7	11	37	63	103	87	47	14	9
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	9	Good
Apr	7	Good
May	11	Good
Jun	37	Poor
Jul	63	Unhealthy
Aug	103	Unhealthy
Sep	87	Unhealthy
Oct	47	Poor
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Kaputa?

Kaputa sits at 8.5°S, 29.7°E, 950 m above sea level, in Zambia. The nearest listed city is Chiengi, 59 km away.

Topography around Kaputa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kaputa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 947 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 430 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,183 m.

The land around Kaputa is covered by grassland (44%) and cropland (41%) within 3 km, grassland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

52 m

grassland 44%

16 km

430 m

grassland 38%

80 km

1,183 m

trees 47%

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← December Kaputa year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Chiengi 59 km · Pweto 84 km · Pepa 87 km · Mporokoso 113 km · Kituku 115 km · Nchelenge 141 km · Baudhuinville 154 km · Kirando 156 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 Kaputa (-8.4689°, 29.6619°, elevation 950 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	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	27	21
6	27	21
7	27	21
8	27	21
9	27	21
10	27	21
11	27	21
12	27	21
13	27	21
14	27	21
15	27	21
16	27	21
17	27	21
18	27	21
19	27	21
20	27	21
21	27	21
22	27	21
23	27	21
24	27	21
25	27	21
26	27	21
27	27	21
28	27	21
29	27	21
30	27	21
31	27	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	9	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	84
5	84
6	84
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	83
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	83
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	80
31	79

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	27	21
6	27	21
7	27	21
8	27	21
9	27	21
10	27	21
11	27	21
12	27	21
13	27	21
14	27	21
15	27	21
16	27	21
17	27	21
18	27	21
19	27	21
20	27	21
21	27	21
22	27	21
23	27	21
24	27	21
25	27	21
26	27	21
27	27	21
28	27	21
29	27	21
30	27	21
31	27	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	9	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	84
5	84
6	84
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	83
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	83
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	80
31	79

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	27	21
6	27	21
7	27	21
8	27	21
9	27	21
10	27	21
11	27	21
12	27	21
13	27	21
14	27	21
15	27	21
16	27	21
17	27	21
18	27	21
19	27	21
20	27	21
21	27	21
22	27	21
23	27	21
24	27	21
25	27	21
26	27	21
27	27	21
28	27	21
29	27	21
30	27	21
31	27	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	9	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	84
5	84
6	84
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	83
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	83
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	80
31	79

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	11	89
31	11	89