Climate averages 1991–2020
Kapiri Mposhi 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 Kapiri Mposhi: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 18.7°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 24 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabwe (58 km away). In October its highs average 31.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kapiri Mposhi, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kapiri Mposhi ranks joint 18th 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; Kapiri Mposhi is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 93 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kabwe in OctoberZambia · 58 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Luanshya in OctoberZambia · 97 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Ndola in OctoberZambia · 113 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Kitwe in OctoberZambia · 139 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Kalulushi in OctoberZambia · 140 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Chunga in OctoberZambia · 156 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Madido in OctoberZambia · 157 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Mufulira in OctoberZambia · 165 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 17 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.