Monze weather in January

In January, Monze sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 236 mm of rain across 24.9 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 10% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of January to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Monze's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Monze's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
5th warmest
Overnight low
19°
9th coldest
Rainfall
236 mm
24.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:53 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover
81%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Monze is town 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 Monze 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 24°C and 29°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 Monze

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.

Monze weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 19°23624.912.94.1
Feb27° / 19°17121.112.54.4
Mar27° / 18°12417.912.15.4
Apr26° / 16°306.111.67.5
May25° / 13°30.611.38.9
Jun23° / 11°10.111.19.2
Jul23° / 11°10.211.19.2
Aug26° / 13°0011.59.1
Sep30° / 17°10.211.96.8
Oct32° / 20°153.212.45.0
Nov30° / 20°9113.912.84.3
Dec28° / 19°21123.6134.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22080
32080
42179
52179
62179
72179
82080
92080
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Monze gets around 236 mm of rain over 24.9 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 81% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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478
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1079
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1280
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1583
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1783
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1984
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2682
2782
2882
2982
3082
3181

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 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 82% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
121781
221781
321781
421880
521880
621880
721880
821880
921880
1021880
1111881
1211881
1311782
1411782
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2001585
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2501585
2601585
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2801684
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3101684

Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January, the calmest month.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
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108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours 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 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:456:42
212.95:456:42
312.95:466:43
412.95:466:43
512.95:476:43
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712.95:486:44
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912.95:496:44
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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 5.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.76 kWh/m² to a high of 7.26 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Monze

In seasonPeak

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

Monze'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 January a good time to visit Monze?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Monze for sightseeing.

What to pack for Monze in January

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

In January, Monze sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Monze 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 Monze peaks around January 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 19UV 16Jul 10UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Monze 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 Monze is worst in September — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.8× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1628 µg/m³Dec 218 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar8Good
Apr8Good
May9Good
Jun10Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Monze?

Monze sits at 16.3°S, 27.5°E, 1,131 m above sea level, in Zambia. The nearest listed city is Mazabuka, 55 km away.

ChomaKafueNampundweSinazongweChilanga TownshipNamalombweNamwala

Topography around Monze

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Monze has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 1,118 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,042 m.

The land around Monze is covered by grassland (44%) within 3 km, grassland (42%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (26%), trees (23%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
53 m
16 km
145 m
80 km
1,042 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Mazabuka 55 km · Choma 79 km · Kafue 94 km · Nampundwe 97 km · Sinazongwe 110 km · Chilanga Township 115 km · Namalombwe 124 km · Namwala 125 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 Monze (-16.2715°, 27.4772°, elevation 1,131 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).