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CityCompass
Best time to be here: July to September. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
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Days 26 °C, nights 18 °C
186 h sunshine · 12.7 h daylight
264 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 17 °C
187 h sunshine · 12.4 h daylight
196 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 17 °C
224 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
146 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 15 °C
251 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
33 mm rain · 76% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 12 °C
286 h sunshine · 11.4 h daylight
4 mm rain · 66% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 10 °C
271 h sunshine · 11.2 h daylight
2 mm rain · 62% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 10 °C
278 h sunshine · 11.3 h daylight
1 mm rain · 57% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 12 °C
289 h sunshine · 11.5 h daylight
2 mm rain · 48% humidity
Days 31 °C, nights 15 °C
286 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
2 mm rain · 41% humidity
Days 33 °C, nights 18 °C
286 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
9 mm rain · 41% humidity
Days 33 °C, nights 19 °C
Feels like 35 °C in the afternoons
249 h sunshine · 12.6 h daylight
61 mm rain · 50% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 18 °C
Feels like 31 °C in the afternoons
210 h sunshine · 12.8 h daylight
218 mm rain · 74% humidity
Living in Chipata means living under Zambia's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Zambia actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Multi-Facility Economic Zone, Industrial Park, Priority Sector and Rural Enterprise Incentive Regime, and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
CityCompass
Best time to be here: July to September. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Dots are the other cities we cover here. Click one to switch.
Days 26 °C, nights 18 °C
186 h sunshine · 12.7 h daylight
264 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 17 °C
187 h sunshine · 12.4 h daylight
196 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 17 °C
224 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
146 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 15 °C
251 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
33 mm rain · 76% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 12 °C
286 h sunshine · 11.4 h daylight
4 mm rain · 66% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 10 °C
271 h sunshine · 11.2 h daylight
2 mm rain · 62% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 10 °C
278 h sunshine · 11.3 h daylight
1 mm rain · 57% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 12 °C
289 h sunshine · 11.5 h daylight
2 mm rain · 48% humidity
Days 31 °C, nights 15 °C
286 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
2 mm rain · 41% humidity
Days 33 °C, nights 18 °C
286 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
9 mm rain · 41% humidity
Days 33 °C, nights 19 °C
Feels like 35 °C in the afternoons
249 h sunshine · 12.6 h daylight
61 mm rain · 50% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 18 °C
Feels like 31 °C in the afternoons
210 h sunshine · 12.8 h daylight
218 mm rain · 74% humidity
Living in Chipata means living under Zambia's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Zambia actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Multi-Facility Economic Zone, Industrial Park, Priority Sector and Rural Enterprise Incentive Regime, and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)