Madido weather in July

In July, Madido sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of July to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Madido's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madido's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 6:37 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover: 27%; 4th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.91 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.1; out of 10

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical July day in Madido reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 3°C cooler than August.

	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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Madido weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 19°	222	24.8	12.8	4.1
Feb	27° / 19°	169	21.1	12.5	4.4
Mar	27° / 18°	106	16.9	12.1	5.5
Apr	26° / 16°	22	5	11.7	7.6
May	25° / 13°	3	0.8	11.3	8.8
Jun	23° / 11°	1	0.1	11.1	9.2
Jul	23° / 11°	1	0.1	11.2	9.1
Aug	26° / 13°	0	0	11.5	9.1
Sep	29° / 17°	2	0.3	11.9	7.2
Oct	31° / 20°	11	2.4	12.3	5.4
Nov	30° / 20°	82	12.6	12.7	4.6
Dec	27° / 19°	192	23	12.9	4.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. 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	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	82	82	83	83	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87
Cloudier (%)	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	84	16
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Madido gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 1% 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of July to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 5:52 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)	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34
Sunset (PM)	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	6:37	5:43
2	11.1	6:37	5:43
3	11.1	6:37	5:43
4	11.1	6:37	5:44
5	11.1	6:37	5:44
6	11.1	6:37	5:44
7	11.1	6:37	5:45
8	11.1	6:37	5:45
9	11.1	6:37	5:45
10	11.1	6:37	5:45
11	11.1	6:37	5:46
12	11.1	6:37	5:46
13	11.2	6:37	5:46
14	11.2	6:37	5:47
15	11.2	6:37	5:47
16	11.2	6:37	5:47
17	11.2	6:37	5:48
18	11.2	6:37	5:48
19	11.2	6:37	5:48
20	11.2	6:36	5:48
21	11.2	6:36	5:49
22	11.2	6:36	5:49
23	11.2	6:36	5:49
24	11.2	6:36	5:50
25	11.2	6:35	5:50
26	11.2	6:35	5:50
27	11.3	6:35	5:50
28	11.3	6:35	5:51
29	11.3	6:34	5:51
30	11.3	6:34	5:51
31	11.3	6:34	5:52

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.82 kWh/m² to a high of 7.23 kWh/m² in October across the year — July's 4.91 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)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3
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	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Madido

In seasonPeak

None of Madido's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Madido's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Madido?

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

9.1

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

July is one of the better times to visit Madido for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Madido in July

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

In July, Madido sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Madido in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Madido peaks around January 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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)	17	15	14	12	10	9	9	10	11	12	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	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Madido in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Madido is worst in August — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.2× the cleanest month (December, 14 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)	15	17	16	16	19	27	37	45	38	27	19	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	37	Poor
Aug	45	Poor
Sep	38	Poor
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Madido?

Madido sits at 15.4°S, 28.4°E, 1,229 m above sea level, in Zambia. The nearest listed city is Ntandabale, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Madido

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madido has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m around an average of 1,212 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 251 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,090 m.

The land around Madido is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (28%), grassland (23%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (31%), trees (25%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

84 m

artificial surfaces 43%

16 km

251 m

artificial surfaces 28%

80 km

1,090 m

grassland 31%

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← June Madido year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Ntandabale 6.0 km · Lusaka 11 km · Chunga 12 km · Chisankane 14 km · Palabana 20 km · Namalombwe 20 km · Chilanga Township 27 km · Lusaka West 29 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 Madido (-15.3545°, 28.3742°, elevation 1,229 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	23	11
2	23	11
3	23	11
4	23	11
5	23	11
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	24	11
25	24	11
26	24	12
27	24	12
28	24	12
29	24	12
30	24	12
31	24	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	84	16
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	84	16
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	84	16
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100