Sinda weather in July

In July, Sinda sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 13°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 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of July to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Sinda's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sinda's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 6:22 AM – 5:36 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 4th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.81 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 24°C through the month.

A typical July day in Sinda reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 27°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	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

How July really feels in Sinda

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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

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

Sinda 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°	243	25.7	12.7	4.0
Feb	27° / 19°	180	19.5	12.5	4.5
Mar	27° / 19°	102	16.3	12.1	5.5
Apr	27° / 17°	18	4.1	11.7	7.6
May	26° / 15°	3	0.8	11.4	8.7
Jun	24° / 13°	1	0.1	11.2	9.2
Jul	24° / 13°	1	0.1	11.2	9.1
Aug	26° / 14°	1	0.3	11.5	8.8
Sep	30° / 17°	1	0.3	11.9	7.0
Oct	32° / 20°	9	1.8	12.3	5.3
Nov	31° / 21°	63	9.9	12.7	4.3
Dec	28° / 20°	202	22.6	12.8	4.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%.

	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 (%)	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87
Cloudier (%)	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13

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

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Sinda 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 0% 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 (%)	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	1	1	1	1	1	1

	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	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

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 98% 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	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in July

Winds average 16 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	16	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
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24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of July to 11 h 24 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 6:21 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 5:40 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)	11.2	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	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18
Sunset (PM)	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:21	5:31
2	11.2	6:21	5:32
3	11.2	6:21	5:32
4	11.2	6:22	5:32
5	11.2	6:22	5:32
6	11.2	6:22	5:33
7	11.2	6:22	5:33
8	11.2	6:22	5:33
9	11.2	6:22	5:34
10	11.2	6:22	5:34
11	11.2	6:22	5:34
12	11.2	6:22	5:34
13	11.2	6:22	5:35
14	11.2	6:22	5:35
15	11.2	6:22	5:35
16	11.2	6:22	5:36
17	11.2	6:21	5:36
18	11.2	6:21	5:36
19	11.3	6:21	5:36
20	11.3	6:21	5:37
21	11.3	6:21	5:37
22	11.3	6:21	5:37
23	11.3	6:21	5:38
24	11.3	6:20	5:38
25	11.3	6:20	5:38
26	11.3	6:20	5:38
27	11.3	6:20	5:39
28	11.3	6:19	5:39
29	11.3	6:19	5:39
30	11.3	6:19	5:39
31	11.4	6:18	5:40

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.74 kWh/m² to a high of 7.01 kWh/m² in October across the year — July's 4.81 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)	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	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	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1
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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Sinda

In seasonPeak

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

Sinda's monsoon runs December–February, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Sinda?

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

7.3

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Sinda in July

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

In July, Sinda sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sinda 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 Sinda peaks around January 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 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)	16	15	15	13	10	9	9	11	11	12	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Sinda 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 Sinda is worst in September — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.2× the cleanest month (December, 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)	8	8	7	6	7	11	18	25	26	16	9	6
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	8	Good
Mar	7	Good
Apr	6	Good
May	7	Good
Jun	11	Good
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	26	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	9	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Sinda?

Sinda sits at 14.2°S, 31.8°E, 1,099 m above sea level, in Zambia. The nearest listed city is Katete, 39 km away.

Topography around Sinda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sinda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 1,077 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 434 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,137 m.

The land around Sinda is covered by cropland (63%) within 3 km, cropland (69%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and shrubs (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

96 m

cropland 63%

16 km

434 m

cropland 69%

80 km

1,137 m

cropland 41%

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

July weather nearby: Katete 39 km · Petauke 48 km · Nyimba 109 km · Chipata 115 km · Mchinji 129 km · Songo 188 km · Serenje 198 km · Lilongwe 220 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 Sinda (-14.21°, 31.7629°, elevation 1,099 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	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	13
6	23	13
7	23	13
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	12
12	23	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	13
16	23	13
17	23	13
18	23	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	25	13
31	25	13

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

	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	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

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

	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	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

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

	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	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2