Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabwe weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kabwe: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kapiri Mposhi (58 km away). In October its highs average 30.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kabwe, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kabwe ranks 12th of 24 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 31.2°C; Kabwe is level with that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 87 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Kabwe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 239 | 25.3 | 12.913 h |
| February | 25.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 189 | 21.5 | 12.613 h |
| March | 25.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 120 | 17.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| May | 24.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 11.511 h |
| June | 22.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| July | 22.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| August | 25.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| September | 29.4°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 31.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 10 | 2.2 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 87 | 12.2 | 12.813 h |
| December | 26.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 211 | 23.3 | 13.013 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
October in nearby cities
- Kapiri Mposhi in OctoberZambia · 58 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Chunga in OctoberZambia · 99 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Madido in OctoberZambia · 101 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Lusaka in OctoberZambia · 108 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Namalombwe in OctoberZambia · 108 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Luanshya in OctoberZambia · 146 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Kafue in OctoberZambia · 150 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Ndola in OctoberZambia · 167 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 16 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 Kabwe) is explained once on the Kabwe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.