Climate averages 1991–2020
Chingola weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 7th 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 Chingola: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry 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 Chililabombwe (19 km away). In April its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Chingola, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Chingola ranks joint 14th of 24 for the warmest April highs and joint 15th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Chingola is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 2.1 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
Chingola climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 269 | 28.0 | 12.813 h |
| February | 25.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 232 | 24.4 | 12.513 h |
| March | 25.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 175 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 34 | 6.5 | 11.812 h |
| May | 25.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 11.512 h |
| June | 24.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| August | 26.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 29.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 17 | 3.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 130 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| December | 25.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 249 | 27.3 | 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
- Chililabombwe in AprilZambia · 19 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Mufulira in AprilZambia · 39 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Kalulushi in AprilZambia · 42 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Kitwe in AprilZambia · 47 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Luanshya in AprilZambia · 89 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Ndola in AprilZambia · 95 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Kipushi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 45 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 Chingola) is explained once on the Chingola year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.