Nakonde weather in February

In February, Nakonde sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 219 mm of rain across 24.6 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in February, and the air most often feels humid.

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

Daytime high: 25°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 219 mm; 24.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:54 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover: 88%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.65 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Nakonde is Town in Muchinga Province, 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 25°C through the month.

A typical February day in Nakonde reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 27°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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Nakonde weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 17°	277	28.5	12.5	3.8
Feb	25° / 17°	219	24.6	12.3	3.9
Mar	25° / 17°	248	27.5	12.1	4.0
Apr	25° / 16°	120	17.2	11.8	5.7
May	25° / 15°	14	3.2	11.6	8.2
Jun	24° / 13°	0	0.1	11.5	9.1
Jul	24° / 12°	0	0	11.5	9.2
Aug	26° / 13°	1	0.2	11.7	8.8
Sep	28° / 15°	3	0.7	11.9	7.6
Oct	30° / 17°	20	4.8	12.2	5.9
Nov	29° / 17°	110	14.5	12.4	5.0
Dec	26° / 17°	249	25.2	12.5	4.2

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

	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 (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	8
Cloudier (%)	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	92	93	93	93	93	93	92

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	7	93
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	8	92
20	8	92
21	9	91
22	8	92
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	8	92

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Nakonde gets around 219 mm of rain over 24.6 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 88% and peaks near 91% 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 (%)	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	91
5	90
6	90
7	90
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	87
28	87

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the humid band about 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 9% 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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Humid (%)	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	89	88	88	88	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86
Muggy (%)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	91	7
2	2	91	7
3	2	91	7
4	2	91	7
5	2	91	7
6	2	91	7
7	2	91	7
8	2	91	7
9	2	90	8
10	2	90	8
11	2	90	8
12	3	89	8
13	3	88	9
14	3	88	9
15	3	88	9
16	4	86	10
17	4	86	10
18	4	86	10
19	4	86	10
20	4	85	11
21	4	85	11
22	4	85	11
23	4	85	11
24	4	85	11
25	4	85	11
26	4	85	11
27	4	85	11
28	4	86	10

Wind in February

Winds average 6 km/h in February.

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
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
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15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of February to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:08 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)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56
Sunset (PM)	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:50	6:15
2	12.4	5:51	6:15
3	12.4	5:51	6:15
4	12.4	5:51	6:15
5	12.4	5:52	6:14
6	12.4	5:52	6:14
7	12.4	5:52	6:14
8	12.4	5:53	6:14
9	12.4	5:53	6:14
10	12.3	5:53	6:14
11	12.3	5:53	6:14
12	12.3	5:54	6:13
13	12.3	5:54	6:13
14	12.3	5:54	6:13
15	12.3	5:54	6:13
16	12.3	5:55	6:13
17	12.3	5:55	6:12
18	12.3	5:55	6:12
19	12.3	5:55	6:12
20	12.3	5:55	6:11
21	12.3	5:56	6:11
22	12.3	5:56	6:11
23	12.2	5:56	6:10
24	12.2	5:56	6:10
25	12.2	5:56	6:10
26	12.2	5:56	6:09
27	12.2	5:56	6:09
28	12.2	5:56	6:08

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.29 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in October across the year — February's 5.65 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	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	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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	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 Nakonde

In seasonPeak

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

Nakonde'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 Nakonde?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nakonde.

What to pack for Nakonde in February

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

In February, Nakonde sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Nakonde in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February 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 Nakonde peaks around February 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 at about 10 (extreme).

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	16	16	14	11	10	11	11	12	14	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Nakonde 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 Nakonde is worst in October — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (May, 8 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	13	12	10	8	8	11	16	20	20	14	10
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Moderate
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	12	Good
Apr	10	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	11	Good
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Nakonde?

Nakonde sits at 9.3°S, 32.7°E, 1,589 m above sea level, in Zambia. The nearest listed city is Tunduma, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Nakonde

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nakonde has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 199 m around an average of 1,592 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 444 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,568 m.

The land around Nakonde is covered by cropland (58%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and shrubs (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (29%), shrubs (25%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

199 m

cropland 58%

16 km

444 m

cropland 49%

80 km

1,568 m

cropland 29%

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

February weather nearby: Tunduma 5.0 km · Vwawa 33 km · Mlowo 46 km · Chitipa 70 km · Utengule 81 km · Kiwira 89 km · Mbeya 92 km · Isoka 92 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 Nakonde (-9.3421°, 32.745°, elevation 1,589 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	25	17
2	25	17
3	25	17
4	25	17
5	25	17
6	25	17
7	25	17
8	25	17
9	25	17
10	25	17
11	25	17
12	25	17
13	25	17
14	25	17
15	25	17
16	25	17
17	25	17
18	25	17
19	25	17
20	25	17
21	25	17
22	25	17
23	25	17
24	25	17
25	25	17
26	25	17
27	25	17
28	25	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	7	93
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	8	92
20	8	92
21	9	91
22	8	92
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	91
5	90
6	90
7	90
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	87
28	87

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	91	7
2	2	91	7
3	2	91	7
4	2	91	7
5	2	91	7
6	2	91	7
7	2	91	7
8	2	91	7
9	2	90	8
10	2	90	8
11	2	90	8
12	3	89	8
13	3	88	9
14	3	88	9
15	3	88	9
16	4	86	10
17	4	86	10
18	4	86	10
19	4	86	10
20	4	85	11
21	4	85	11
22	4	85	11
23	4	85	11
24	4	85	11
25	4	85	11
26	4	85	11
27	4	85	11
28	4	86	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	7	93
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	8	92
20	8	92
21	9	91
22	8	92
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	91
5	90
6	90
7	90
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	87
28	87

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	91	7
2	2	91	7
3	2	91	7
4	2	91	7
5	2	91	7
6	2	91	7
7	2	91	7
8	2	91	7
9	2	90	8
10	2	90	8
11	2	90	8
12	3	89	8
13	3	88	9
14	3	88	9
15	3	88	9
16	4	86	10
17	4	86	10
18	4	86	10
19	4	86	10
20	4	85	11
21	4	85	11
22	4	85	11
23	4	85	11
24	4	85	11
25	4	85	11
26	4	85	11
27	4	85	11
28	4	86	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	7	93
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	8	92
20	8	92
21	9	91
22	8	92
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	91
5	90
6	90
7	90
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	87
28	87

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	91	7
2	2	91	7
3	2	91	7
4	2	91	7
5	2	91	7
6	2	91	7
7	2	91	7
8	2	91	7
9	2	90	8
10	2	90	8
11	2	90	8
12	3	89	8
13	3	88	9
14	3	88	9
15	3	88	9
16	4	86	10
17	4	86	10
18	4	86	10
19	4	86	10
20	4	85	11
21	4	85	11
22	4	85	11
23	4	85	11
24	4	85	11
25	4	85	11
26	4	85	11
27	4	85	11
28	4	86	10