Climate averages 1991–2020
Kafue 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 Kafue: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lusaka (42 km away). In October its highs average 30.5°C, 1.5°C cooler than Kafue, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kafue ranks joint 4th of 24 for the warmest October highs and joint 5th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 31.2°C; Kafue is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 91 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Lusaka in OctoberZambia · 42 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Namalombwe in OctoberZambia · 42 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Mazabuka in OctoberZambia · 47 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Madido in OctoberZambia · 51 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Chunga in OctoberZambia · 51 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Kabwe in OctoberZambia · 150 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Choma in OctoberZambia · 172 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in OctoberZambia · 207 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 13 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.