Climate guideThirty-year normals for Choma
Choma climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing8°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation776 mm111 wet days a year
16.81° S, 26.99° EElevation 1,317 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goChoma · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low29° / 18°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Choma has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is October, when afternoons average 29° and nights 18°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 21° and lows of 9°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 8°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 776 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (199 mm, 24 wet days) and August the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 6% in August to 62% in January.
Compared with Lusaka, the capital, Choma is 0.6° cooler on a October afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · October
- Coldest nights
- 9° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- August · 6% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 07 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 08 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 21° | 21° | 24° | 28° | 29° | 28° | 26° |
| Average low | 17° | 17° | 17° | 15° | 12° | 10° | 9° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 18° | 17° |
| Precipitation | 199 mm | 171 mm | 111 mm | 28 mm | 6 mm | 2 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 19 mm | 79 mm | 157 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 24.1 | 21.1 | 18.7 | 6.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 13 | 23.3 |
| Cloud cover | 62% | 55% | 39% | 18% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 6% | 7% | 18% | 40% | 60% |
| Daylight | 13h 01 | 12h 39 | 12h 12 | 11h 43 | 11h 20 | 11h 08 | 11h 13 | 11h 32 | 11h 59 | 12h 28 | 12h 54 | 13h 07 |
| Month score | 54 | 57 | 63 | 84 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 88 | 76 | 52 | 52 |
ivMonth by month
Choma in every month
January54
25° / 17°
199 mm · 24.1 wet days
February57
25° / 17°
171 mm · 21.1 wet days
March63
25° / 17°
111 mm · 18.7 wet days
April84
24° / 15°
28 mm · 6.8 wet days
May98
23° / 12°
6 mm · 0.8 wet day
June100
21° / 10°
2 mm · 0.1 wet days
July100
21° / 9°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
August100
24° / 12°
1 mm · 0 wet days
September88
28° / 15°
2 mm · 0.2 wet days
October76
29° / 18°
19 mm · 2.7 wet days
November52
28° / 18°
79 mm · 13 wet days
December52
26° / 17°
157 mm · 23.3 wet days