Climate averages 1991–2020
Chililabombwe weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Chililabombwe: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chingola (19 km away). In April its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Chililabombwe, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Chililabombwe ranks 9th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 20th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Chililabombwe is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 3.4 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Chililabombwe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 290 | 28.8 | 12.813 h |
| February | 25.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 244 | 25.1 | 12.513 h |
| March | 25.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 200 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 42 | 7.7 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 11.612 h |
| June | 24.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| August | 27.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 23 | 4.2 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 155 | 19.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 25.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 266 | 28.2 | 12.813 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Chingola in AprilZambia · 19 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Mufulira in AprilZambia · 50 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Kalulushi in AprilZambia · 61 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Kitwe in AprilZambia · 65 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 87 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Kipushi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 91 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Luanshya in AprilZambia · 107 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Ndola in AprilZambia · 110 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 30 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chililabombwe) is explained once on the Chililabombwe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.