Chunga Weather in January
Chunga in January
The short of it: Chunga in January averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 17 °C (63 °F), with 212 mm (8.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 56 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 17° · rain 212 mm · daylight 12 h 56 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Chunga an average January high of 27°, a low of 17° and some 212 mm of rain. Much like December: highs about 27°, nights near 17°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 212 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 56 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Chunga runs cooler than most and drier than most in January. Lusaka, 10 km to the SSE, is 1° warmer by day.
January in Chunga, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 22 mm more rain
- Versus February
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LusakaLusaka Province | 10 km SSE | 27° | 17° | 222 mm |
| NamalombweLusaka Province | 12 km SW | 27° | 17° | 210 mm |
| MadidoLusaka Province | 12 km ESE | 27° | 17° | 212 mm |
| ChinkuliLusaka Province | 16 km E | 27° | 18° | 214 mm |
| Lusaka WestLusaka Province | 17 km W | 27° | 17° | 214 mm |
| NtandabaleLusaka Province | 18 km ESE | 27° | 17° | 214 mm |
| ChisankaneLusaka Province | 20 km SSE | 27° | 17° | 212 mm |
| ChilongoloLusaka Province | 22 km SSW | 27° | 17° | 209 mm |