Climate averages 1991–2020
Chingola weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Chingola: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 175 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chililabombwe (19 km away). In March its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Chingola, with 200 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Chingola ranks 19th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 17th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Chingola is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 175 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 25.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 175 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Chililabombwe in MarchZambia · 19 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 200 mm rain
- Mufulira in MarchZambia · 39 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 179 mm rain
- Kalulushi in MarchZambia · 42 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 172 mm rain
- Kitwe in MarchZambia · 47 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 172 mm rain
- Luanshya in MarchZambia · 89 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 136 mm rain
- Ndola in MarchZambia · 95 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 161 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Kipushi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 201 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.