Maamba weather in February

In February, Maamba sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 227 mm of rain across 19.2 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in February, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of February to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Maamba's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maamba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 227 mm; 19.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 6:09 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 10th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Maamba is city 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 28°C through the month.

A typical February day in Maamba reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°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 31°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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

How February really feels in Maamba

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.

Maamba weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 6th-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	28° / 20°	309	22.9	12.9	4.0
Feb	28° / 20°	227	19.2	12.6	4.3
Mar	28° / 19°	139	17.5	12.1	5.2
Apr	27° / 17°	43	7.3	11.6	7.4
May	26° / 13°	6	1.3	11.2	8.9
Jun	24° / 11°	2	0.5	11	9.4
Jul	23° / 11°	1	0.4	11.1	9.4
Aug	26° / 13°	0	0.2	11.4	9.2
Sep	30° / 17°	1	0.3	11.9	6.9
Oct	32° / 20°	11	2	12.4	5.1
Nov	31° / 21°	105	11.1	12.8	4.3
Dec	29° / 20°	266	21.8	13	4.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	34	34	35	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	42	43	45
Cloudier (%)	66	66	65	65	65	65	64	64	63	63	63	62	62	62	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	58	57	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	42	58
27	43	57
28	45	55

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Maamba gets around 227 mm of rain over 19.2 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 69% and peaks near 72% 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
Rain chance (%)	72	72	72	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	67	67	67	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	72
4	71
5	71
6	70
7	70
8	70
9	70
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	69
19	69
20	69
21	69
22	68
23	68
24	68
25	67
26	67
27	67
28	66

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 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 92% 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
Humid (%)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11
Muggy (%)	68	68	69	68	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	69	70	70	70	71	70	71	71	71	72	71	71	71	71	71	70	71
Oppressive (%)	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	68	27
2	5	68	27
3	5	69	26
4	6	68	26
5	6	68	26
6	6	68	26
7	6	69	25
8	6	69	25
9	6	69	25
10	6	70	24
11	6	70	24
12	7	69	24
13	7	70	23
14	7	70	23
15	7	70	23
16	7	71	22
17	8	70	22
18	8	71	21
19	8	71	21
20	8	71	21
21	8	72	20
22	9	71	20
23	9	71	20
24	9	71	20
25	10	71	19
26	10	71	19
27	11	70	19
28	11	71	18

Wind in February

Winds average 6 km/h in February, the calmest month.

Across February, 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.

	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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
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6	6	calm
7	6	calm
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10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
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25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of February to 12 h 24 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 6:02 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:36 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)	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	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	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13
Sunset (PM)	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	6:02	6:48
2	12.8	6:02	6:48
3	12.7	6:03	6:48
4	12.7	6:03	6:47
5	12.7	6:04	6:47
6	12.7	6:04	6:47
7	12.7	6:05	6:47
8	12.7	6:05	6:46
9	12.7	6:06	6:46
10	12.7	6:06	6:46
11	12.6	6:07	6:45
12	12.6	6:07	6:45
13	12.6	6:08	6:44
14	12.6	6:08	6:44
15	12.6	6:09	6:43
16	12.6	6:09	6:43
17	12.6	6:09	6:43
18	12.5	6:10	6:42
19	12.5	6:10	6:42
20	12.5	6:11	6:41
21	12.5	6:11	6:40
22	12.5	6:11	6:40
23	12.5	6:12	6:39
24	12.4	6:12	6:39
25	12.4	6:12	6:38
26	12.4	6:13	6:38
27	12.4	6:13	6:37
28	12.4	6:13	6:36

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.65 kWh/m² to a high of 7.29 kWh/m² in October across the year — February's 5.76 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)	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Maamba

In seasonPeak

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

Maamba'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 Maamba?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Maamba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Maamba in February

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

In February, Maamba sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Maamba in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Maamba peaks around January 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 8 (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	14	14	11	9	8	8	9	10	11	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	14	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Maamba 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 Maamba is worst in September — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.2× the cleanest month (April, 6 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)	7	7	7	6	6	7	9	16	24	20	9	6
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	7	Good
Mar	7	Good
Apr	6	Good
May	6	Good
Jun	7	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	9	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Maamba?

Maamba sits at 17.4°S, 27.1°E, 754 m above sea level, in Zambia. The nearest listed city is Sinazongwe, 35 km away.

Topography around Maamba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maamba has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 677 m around an average of 860 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 864 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 906 m.

The land around Maamba is covered by trees (68%) and shrubs (21%) within 3 km, trees (65%) and shrubs (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (34%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

677 m

trees 68%

16 km

864 m

trees 65%

80 km

906 m

shrubs 34%

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

February weather nearby: Sinazongwe 35 km · Choma 64 km · Kalomo 80 km · Monze 127 km · Hwange 131 km · Livingstone 147 km · Victoria Falls 153 km · Mazabuka 180 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 Maamba (-17.3667°, 27.15°, elevation 754 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	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	28	20
20	28	20
21	28	20
22	28	20
23	28	20
24	28	20
25	28	20
26	28	20
27	28	20
28	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	42	58
27	43	57
28	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	72
4	71
5	71
6	70
7	70
8	70
9	70
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	69
19	69
20	69
21	69
22	68
23	68
24	68
25	67
26	67
27	67
28	66

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	68	27
2	5	68	27
3	5	69	26
4	6	68	26
5	6	68	26
6	6	68	26
7	6	69	25
8	6	69	25
9	6	69	25
10	6	70	24
11	6	70	24
12	7	69	24
13	7	70	23
14	7	70	23
15	7	70	23
16	7	71	22
17	8	70	22
18	8	71	21
19	8	71	21
20	8	71	21
21	8	72	20
22	9	71	20
23	9	71	20
24	9	71	20
25	10	71	19
26	10	71	19
27	11	70	19
28	11	71	18

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	42	58
27	43	57
28	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	72
4	71
5	71
6	70
7	70
8	70
9	70
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	69
19	69
20	69
21	69
22	68
23	68
24	68
25	67
26	67
27	67
28	66

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	68	27
2	5	68	27
3	5	69	26
4	6	68	26
5	6	68	26
6	6	68	26
7	6	69	25
8	6	69	25
9	6	69	25
10	6	70	24
11	6	70	24
12	7	69	24
13	7	70	23
14	7	70	23
15	7	70	23
16	7	71	22
17	8	70	22
18	8	71	21
19	8	71	21
20	8	71	21
21	8	72	20
22	9	71	20
23	9	71	20
24	9	71	20
25	10	71	19
26	10	71	19
27	11	70	19
28	11	71	18

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	42	58
27	43	57
28	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	72
4	71
5	71
6	70
7	70
8	70
9	70
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	69
19	69
20	69
21	69
22	68
23	68
24	68
25	67
26	67
27	67
28	66

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	68	27
2	5	68	27
3	5	69	26
4	6	68	26
5	6	68	26
6	6	68	26
7	6	69	25
8	6	69	25
9	6	69	25
10	6	70	24
11	6	70	24
12	7	69	24
13	7	70	23
14	7	70	23
15	7	70	23
16	7	71	22
17	8	70	22
18	8	71	21
19	8	71	21
20	8	71	21
21	8	72	20
22	9	71	20
23	9	71	20
24	9	71	20
25	10	71	19
26	10	71	19
27	11	70	19
28	11	71	18