Climate averages 1991–2020
Choma weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 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 Choma: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mazabuka (133 km away). In March its highs average 26.7°C, 2.2°C warmer than Choma, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Choma ranks 23rd of 24 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Choma is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 125 mm to 30 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
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, selected | 24.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 125 | 17.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Mazabuka in MarchZambia · 133 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Livingstone in MarchZambia · 166 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Kafue in MarchZambia · 172 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Namalombwe in MarchZambia · 203 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Lusaka in MarchZambia · 209 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Chunga in MarchZambia · 215 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Madido in MarchZambia · 219 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Kabwe in MarchZambia · 306 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 120 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.