Mfuwe weather by month & the best time to visit
🇿🇲 Zambia · regional city · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Mfuwe is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with June and July close behind. Mfuwe averages about 3,052 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,052
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 860 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Population
- 327k
- Elevation
- 560 m
When is the best time to visit Mfuwe?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Mfuwe is May, then June and July. The dullest month is October (29/100, 8 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Mfuwe?
Mfuwe is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,052 hours of sunshine a year. 68 Sunshine Score points separate May (97) from October (29), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 6 destinations in Zambia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,059 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 73% of the year's 860 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70 | 30° / 86°F | 21° / 70°F | 237 mm | 11 |
| February | 70 | 29° / 84°F | 21° / 70°F | 184 mm | 12 |
| March | 75 | 30° / 86°F | 20° / 68°F | 121 mm | 11 |
| April | 92 | 31° / 88°F | 18° / 64°F | 28 mm | 10 |
| May | 97 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 3 mm | 9 |
| June | 97 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 1 mm | 8 |
| July | 97 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 1 mm | 8 |
| August | 87 | 33° / 91°F | 16° / 61°F | 1 mm | 9 |
| September | 58 | 36° / 97°F | 19° / 66°F | 2 mm | 10 |
| October | 29 | 39° / 102°F | 23° / 73°F | 8 mm | 11 |
| November | 43 | 37° / 99°F | 24° / 75°F | 65 mm | 11 |
| December | 70 | 32° / 90°F | 22° / 72°F | 209 mm | 11 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Lusaka Zambia · 440 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
- Lubumbashi Congo - Kinshasa · 513 km · best in May · 2,978 h sun/yr
- Harare Zimbabwe · 527 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
- Dar es Salaam Tanzania · 1,066 km · best in Jul · 2,837 h sun/yr
- Zanzibar Tanzania · 1,118 km · best in Jul · 2,836 h sun/yr
- Arusha Tanzania · 1,230 km · best in Jul · 2,565 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Lilongwe Malawi · 208 km · 2,943 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Kasama Zambia · 350 km · 3,082 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Lichinga Mozambique · 360 km · 2,638 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Tete Mozambique · 366 km · 2,963 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Ndola Zambia · 372 km · 3,023 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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