Climate averages 1991–2020
Kafue 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 Kafue: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lusaka (42 km away). In April its highs average 24.6°C, 1.3°C cooler than Kafue, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kafue ranks joint 5th of 24 for the warmest April highs and joint 9th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Kafue is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 2.2 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
Kafue climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 239 | 25.0 | 12.913 h |
| February | 26.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 181 | 21.7 | 12.613 h |
| March | 26.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 131 | 18.7 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 27 | 5.6 | 11.812 h |
| May | 25.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| June | 23.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.211 h |
| July | 22.7°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| August | 26.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| September | 30.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 13 | 2.9 | 12.412 h |
| November | 30.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 91 | 13.1 | 12.813 h |
| December | 27.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 232 | 23.6 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Lusaka in AprilZambia · 42 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Namalombwe in AprilZambia · 42 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Mazabuka in AprilZambia · 47 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Madido in AprilZambia · 51 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Chunga in AprilZambia · 51 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Kabwe in AprilZambia · 150 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Choma in AprilZambia · 172 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in AprilZambia · 207 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 25 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 Kafue) is explained once on the Kafue year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.