Climate averages 1991–2020

Kabwe weather
in June.

A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 22.7°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 11.5°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kabwe · average highYear overview

June is a warm month in Kabwe: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical June (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kapiri Mposhi (58 km away). In June its highs average 22.5°C, about as warm as Kabwe, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kabwe ranks 18th of 24 for the warmest June highs and joint 16th of 24 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 24 cities is 23.8°C; Kabwe is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kabwe climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kabwe, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 25.5°C18.2°C18.2°C23925.312.913 h
February 25.5°C18.0°C18.0°C18921.512.613 h
March 25.4°C17.6°C17.6°C12017.612.212 h
April 24.9°C15.9°C15.9°C245.011.812 h
May 24.3°C13.7°C13.7°C2.60.611.511 h
June, selected 22.7°C11.5°C11.5°C0.60.111.311 h
July 22.4°C11.0°C11.0°C0.60.111.411 h
August 25.7°C13.3°C13.3°C0.20.011.612 h
September 29.4°C16.7°C16.7°C1.10.212.012 h
October 31.2°C19.2°C19.2°C102.212.412 h
November 29.6°C19.5°C19.5°C8712.212.813 h
December 26.4°C18.4°C18.4°C21123.313.013 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Kabwe

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kabwe) is explained once on the Kabwe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.