Climate averages 1991–2020
Kapiri Mposhi weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Kapiri Mposhi: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 141 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 11 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabwe (58 km away). In March its highs average 25.4°C, about as warm as Kapiri Mposhi, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kapiri Mposhi ranks joint 16th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Kapiri Mposhi is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 141 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Kapiri Mposhi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 253 | 26.4 | 12.813 h |
| February | 25.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 199 | 22.7 | 12.613 h |
| March, selected | 25.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 141 | 19.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 25 | 5.6 | 11.812 h |
| May | 24.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 11.511 h |
| June | 22.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| July | 22.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| August | 25.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| September | 29.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 13 | 2.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 93 | 13.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 26.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 226 | 24.5 | 12.913 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
- Kabwe in MarchZambia · 58 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Luanshya in MarchZambia · 97 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 136 mm rain
- Ndola in MarchZambia · 113 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 161 mm rain
- Kitwe in MarchZambia · 139 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 172 mm rain
- Kalulushi in MarchZambia · 140 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 172 mm rain
- Chunga in MarchZambia · 156 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Madido in MarchZambia · 157 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Mufulira in MarchZambia · 165 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 179 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 Kapiri Mposhi) is explained once on the Kapiri Mposhi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.