Climate averages 1991–2020

Kafue 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.

Average high 26.3°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 18.7°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 131 mm 19 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Kafue: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 19 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 Lusaka (42 km away). In March its highs average 25.0°C, 1.3°C cooler than Kafue, with 129 mm of rain.

Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kafue ranks 4th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Kafue is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 131 mm to 27 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kafue, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Kafue

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 Kafue) is explained once on the Kafue year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.