Climate averages 1991–2020
Choma weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th 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 Choma: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 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 44 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mazabuka (133 km away). In April its highs average 26.5°C, 2.5°C warmer than Choma, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Choma ranks 23rd of 24 for the warmest April highs and joint 12th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Choma is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 3.9 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
Choma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 222 | 24.2 | 13.013 h |
| February | 24.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 176 | 21.3 | 12.713 h |
| March | 24.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 125 | 17.5 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 23.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 30 | 6.8 | 11.712 h |
| May | 23.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 11.311 h |
| June | 21.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.111 h |
| July | 20.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| August | 24.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| September | 28.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 15 | 3.1 | 12.512 h |
| November | 28.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 96 | 13.8 | 12.913 h |
| December | 25.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 199 | 22.8 | 13.113 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
- Mazabuka in AprilZambia · 133 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Livingstone in AprilZambia · 166 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Kafue in AprilZambia · 172 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Namalombwe in AprilZambia · 203 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Lusaka in AprilZambia · 209 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Chunga in AprilZambia · 215 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Madido in AprilZambia · 219 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Kabwe in AprilZambia · 306 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 24 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 Choma) is explained once on the Choma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.