Katete weather in February

In February, Katete sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 196 mm of rain across 20.3 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 7% of the time in February, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of February to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Katete's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Katete's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 196 mm; 20.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 5:52 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 11th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.48 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Katete is town in 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 Katete 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

How February really feels in Katete

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Katete 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° / 20°	254	26.1	12.7	3.9
Feb	27° / 19°	196	20.3	12.5	4.4
Mar	27° / 19°	127	17.9	12.1	5.2
Apr	27° / 18°	22	4.7	11.7	7.6
May	26° / 16°	3	0.6	11.4	8.7
Jun	24° / 14°	0	0.1	11.2	9.2
Jul	24° / 13°	0	0	11.3	9.2
Aug	27° / 15°	1	0.3	11.5	8.7
Sep	30° / 17°	2	0.4	11.9	6.6
Oct	32° / 20°	12	2.1	12.3	5.0
Nov	32° / 21°	67	10.7	12.7	4.1
Dec	28° / 20°	217	23.8	12.8	3.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

	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 (%)	12	13	13	15	15	16	17	18	18	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Cloudier (%)	88	87	87	85	85	84	83	82	82	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	16	84
7	17	83
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Katete gets around 196 mm of rain over 20.3 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 73% 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	80	78	77	76	75	74	73	72	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	71	71	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	81
2	81
3	80
4	78
5	77
6	76
7	75
8	74
9	73
10	72
11	71
12	71
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	70
19	70
20	71
21	71
22	71
23	72
24	72
25	72
26	71
27	71
28	71

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 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 85% 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 (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Humid (%)	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Muggy (%)	88	88	88	87	86	86	85	83	83	83	82	82	83	82	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	82	82
Oppressive (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	11	88	1
2	0	11	88	1
3	0	11	88	1
4	0	12	87	1
5	0	13	86	1
6	0	13	86	1
7	0	14	85	1
8	1	15	83	1
9	1	15	83	1
10	1	15	83	1
11	1	16	82	1
12	1	16	82	1
13	1	15	83	1
14	2	15	82	1
15	2	15	82	1
16	2	14	83	1
17	2	14	83	1
18	2	14	83	1
19	2	14	83	1
20	2	13	84	1
21	2	13	84	1
22	2	13	84	1
23	2	13	84	1
24	2	13	83	2
25	2	13	83	2
26	2	13	83	2
27	2	14	82	2
28	2	14	82	2

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 9 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	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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
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26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 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 18 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:47 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:14 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)	12.6	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	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56
Sunset (PM)	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	5:47	6:24
2	12.6	5:47	6:24
3	12.6	5:48	6:23
4	12.6	5:48	6:23
5	12.6	5:48	6:23
6	12.6	5:49	6:23
7	12.6	5:49	6:23
8	12.5	5:50	6:22
9	12.5	5:50	6:22
10	12.5	5:50	6:22
11	12.5	5:51	6:22
12	12.5	5:51	6:21
13	12.5	5:52	6:21
14	12.5	5:52	6:21
15	12.5	5:52	6:20
16	12.5	5:53	6:20
17	12.4	5:53	6:19
18	12.4	5:53	6:19
19	12.4	5:54	6:19
20	12.4	5:54	6:18
21	12.4	5:54	6:18
22	12.4	5:54	6:17
23	12.4	5:55	6:17
24	12.4	5:55	6:16
25	12.3	5:55	6:16
26	12.3	5:55	6:15
27	12.3	5:56	6:15
28	12.3	5:56	6:14

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.79 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in October across the year — February's 5.48 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	5.4	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	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
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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	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Katete

In seasonPeak

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

Katete'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 Katete?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Katete for sightseeing.

What to pack for Katete in February

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

In February, Katete sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

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UV index in Katete 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 Katete peaks around January 19 at about 16 (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.

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

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

Air quality in Katete 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 Katete is worst in August — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.9× the cleanest month (December, 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)	8	9	8	7	7	10	18	27	24	16	9	7
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	9	Good
Mar	8	Good
Apr	7	Good
May	7	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	9	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Katete?

Katete sits at 14.1°S, 32.1°E, 1,529 m above sea level, in Zambia. The nearest listed city is Sinda, 39 km away.

Topography around Katete

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Katete has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 564 m around an average of 1,193 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 757 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,100 m.

The land around Katete is covered by trees (49%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (42%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%), shrubs (27%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

564 m

trees 49%

16 km

757 m

cropland 42%

80 km

1,100 m

cropland 38%

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

February weather nearby: Sinda 39 km · Chipata 77 km · Petauke 85 km · Mchinji 90 km · Nyimba 148 km · Lilongwe 184 km · Songo 187 km · Mponela 188 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 Katete (-14.05°, 32.0833°, elevation 1,529 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	12	88
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	16	84
7	17	83
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	81
2	81
3	80
4	78
5	77
6	76
7	75
8	74
9	73
10	72
11	71
12	71
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	70
19	70
20	71
21	71
22	71
23	72
24	72
25	72
26	71
27	71
28	71

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	11	88	1
2	0	11	88	1
3	0	11	88	1
4	0	12	87	1
5	0	13	86	1
6	0	13	86	1
7	0	14	85	1
8	1	15	83	1
9	1	15	83	1
10	1	15	83	1
11	1	16	82	1
12	1	16	82	1
13	1	15	83	1
14	2	15	82	1
15	2	15	82	1
16	2	14	83	1
17	2	14	83	1
18	2	14	83	1
19	2	14	83	1
20	2	13	84	1
21	2	13	84	1
22	2	13	84	1
23	2	13	84	1
24	2	13	83	2
25	2	13	83	2
26	2	13	83	2
27	2	14	82	2
28	2	14	82	2

	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	12	88
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	16	84
7	17	83
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	81
2	81
3	80
4	78
5	77
6	76
7	75
8	74
9	73
10	72
11	71
12	71
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	70
19	70
20	71
21	71
22	71
23	72
24	72
25	72
26	71
27	71
28	71

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	11	88	1
2	0	11	88	1
3	0	11	88	1
4	0	12	87	1
5	0	13	86	1
6	0	13	86	1
7	0	14	85	1
8	1	15	83	1
9	1	15	83	1
10	1	15	83	1
11	1	16	82	1
12	1	16	82	1
13	1	15	83	1
14	2	15	82	1
15	2	15	82	1
16	2	14	83	1
17	2	14	83	1
18	2	14	83	1
19	2	14	83	1
20	2	13	84	1
21	2	13	84	1
22	2	13	84	1
23	2	13	84	1
24	2	13	83	2
25	2	13	83	2
26	2	13	83	2
27	2	14	82	2
28	2	14	82	2

	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	12	88
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	16	84
7	17	83
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	81
2	81
3	80
4	78
5	77
6	76
7	75
8	74
9	73
10	72
11	71
12	71
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	70
19	70
20	71
21	71
22	71
23	72
24	72
25	72
26	71
27	71
28	71

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	11	88	1
2	0	11	88	1
3	0	11	88	1
4	0	12	87	1
5	0	13	86	1
6	0	13	86	1
7	0	14	85	1
8	1	15	83	1
9	1	15	83	1
10	1	15	83	1
11	1	16	82	1
12	1	16	82	1
13	1	15	83	1
14	2	15	82	1
15	2	15	82	1
16	2	14	83	1
17	2	14	83	1
18	2	14	83	1
19	2	14	83	1
20	2	13	84	1
21	2	13	84	1
22	2	13	84	1
23	2	13	84	1
24	2	13	83	2
25	2	13	83	2
26	2	13	83	2
27	2	14	82	2
28	2	14	82	2