Climate averages 1991–2020
Kafue weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Kafue: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lusaka (42 km away). In September its highs average 28.7°C, 1.3°C cooler than Kafue, with 2.1 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kafue ranks 12th of 24 for the warmest September highs and 11th of 24 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 24 cities is 29.9°C; Kafue is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.5 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Lusaka in SeptemberZambia · 42 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Namalombwe in SeptemberZambia · 42 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Mazabuka in SeptemberZambia · 47 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Madido in SeptemberZambia · 51 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Chunga in SeptemberZambia · 51 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Kabwe in SeptemberZambia · 150 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Choma in SeptemberZambia · 172 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in SeptemberZambia · 207 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.1°C · 1.3 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.