Climate averages 1991–2020
Kafue weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Kafue: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lusaka (42 km away). In May its highs average 23.9°C, 1.1°C cooler than Kafue, with 3.1 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kafue ranks joint 14th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Kafue is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.2 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Lusaka in MayZambia · 42 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Namalombwe in MayZambia · 42 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Mazabuka in MayZambia · 47 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Madido in MayZambia · 51 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Chunga in MayZambia · 51 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Kabwe in MayZambia · 150 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Choma in MayZambia · 172 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in MayZambia · 207 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 3.2 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.