Nyimba weather in August

In August, Nyimba sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Nyimba's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nyimba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:16 AM – 5:46 PM
Cloud cover: 27%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.54 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

Nyimba is ward of Zambia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical August day in Nyimba reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C warmer than July and about 4°C cooler than September.

	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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18

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

How August really feels in Nyimba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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

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

Nyimba weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 21°	228	24.7	12.8	3.5
Feb	29° / 21°	175	20.1	12.5	3.8
Mar	29° / 21°	122	17.3	12.1	4.4
Apr	29° / 19°	26	5	11.7	6.1
May	29° / 17°	5	0.7	11.3	7.4
Jun	27° / 15°	1	0.1	11.2	8.5
Jul	27° / 14°	1	0.1	11.2	8.6
Aug	30° / 17°	1	0.1	11.5	6.9
Sep	33° / 20°	1	0.3	11.9	4.6
Oct	35° / 23°	8	2	12.3	3.0
Nov	34° / 24°	71	10.8	12.7	2.8
Dec	30° / 22°	200	23	12.8	3.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. 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 (%)	76	76	76	75	75	76	76	76	77	78	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	86	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89
Cloudier (%)	24	24	24	25	25	24	24	24	23	22	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	80	20
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	84	16
16	85	15
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	87	13
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nyimba gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
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 August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 96% 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 (%)	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 5:48 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)	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:06
Sunset (PM)	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:22	5:43
2	11.4	6:22	5:43
3	11.4	6:22	5:44
4	11.4	6:21	5:44
5	11.4	6:21	5:44
6	11.4	6:20	5:44
7	11.4	6:20	5:45
8	11.4	6:20	5:45
9	11.4	6:19	5:45
10	11.4	6:19	5:45
11	11.5	6:18	5:45
12	11.5	6:18	5:45
13	11.5	6:17	5:46
14	11.5	6:17	5:46
15	11.5	6:16	5:46
16	11.5	6:16	5:46
17	11.5	6:15	5:46
18	11.5	6:14	5:46
19	11.5	6:14	5:47
20	11.6	6:13	5:47
21	11.6	6:13	5:47
22	11.6	6:12	5:47
23	11.6	6:11	5:47
24	11.6	6:11	5:47
25	11.6	6:10	5:47
26	11.6	6:09	5:47
27	11.6	6:09	5:47
28	11.7	6:08	5:48
29	11.7	6:07	5:48
30	11.7	6:06	5:48
31	11.7	6:06	5:48

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.54 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	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1
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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Nyimba

In seasonPeak

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

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

Monsoon

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Nyimba?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

9.0

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Nyimba for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Nyimba in August

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

In August, Nyimba sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Nyimba in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nyimba peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 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)	15	15	14	12	10	9	9	10	10	11	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	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	10	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Nyimba in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Nyimba is worst in August — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.9× 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	10	27	36	39	36	20	9	7
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	9	Good
Mar	8	Good
Apr	7	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	36	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	36	Poor
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	9	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Nyimba?

Nyimba sits at 14.6°S, 30.8°E, 716 m above sea level, in Zambia. The nearest listed city is Petauke, 65 km away.

Topography around Nyimba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nyimba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 727 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 367 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,039 m.

The land around Nyimba is covered by shrubs (35%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, shrubs (37%), grassland (30%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (35%) and shrubs (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

78 m

shrubs 35%

16 km

367 m

shrubs 37%

80 km

1,039 m

trees 35%

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← July Nyimba year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Petauke 65 km · Sinda 109 km · Katete 148 km · Serenje 160 km · Mkushi 185 km · Chipata 223 km · Mchinji 238 km · Songo 239 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 Nyimba (-14.5566°, 30.8149°, elevation 716 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	15
2	28	15
3	28	16
4	28	16
5	28	16
6	28	16
7	29	16
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	30	16
17	30	17
18	30	17
19	30	17
20	30	17
21	30	17
22	30	17
23	30	17
24	31	17
25	31	17
26	31	17
27	31	17
28	31	18
29	31	18
30	31	18
31	31	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	80	20
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	84	16
16	85	15
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	87	13
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
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 (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	80	20
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	84	16
16	85	15
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	87	13
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
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 (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	80	20
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	84	16
16	85	15
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	87	13
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
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 (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5