Climate averages 1991–2020
Kafue weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kafue: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lusaka (42 km away). In August its highs average 25.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Kafue, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kafue ranks 15th of 24 for the warmest August highs and joint 17th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 26.6°C; Kafue is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.5 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Lusaka in AugustZambia · 42 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.3°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Namalombwe in AugustZambia · 42 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Mazabuka in AugustZambia · 47 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Madido in AugustZambia · 51 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Chunga in AugustZambia · 51 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kabwe in AugustZambia · 150 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Choma in AugustZambia · 172 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in AugustZambia · 207 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 0.3 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.