Climate averages 1991–2020
Kasama weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Kasama: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nakonde (197 km away). In April its highs average 23.2°C, 1.2°C cooler than Kasama, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kasama ranks 22nd of 24 for the warmest April highs and 22nd of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Kasama is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 8.1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kasama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 286 | 28.9 | 12.613 h |
| February | 25.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 229 | 24.2 | 12.412 h |
| March | 25.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 216 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 24.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 85 | 14.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 25.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 8.1 | 1.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 24.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| July | 24.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 26.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 29.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 18 | 3.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 123 | 15.1 | 12.613 h |
| December | 25.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 267 | 26.2 | 12.713 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
April in nearby cities
- Nakonde in AprilZambia · 197 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Tunduma in AprilTanzania · 201 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Vwawa in AprilTanzania · 228 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in AprilTanzania · 254 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 160 mm rain
- Mansa in AprilZambia · 273 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Nchelenge in AprilZambia · 285 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 132 mm rain
- Katumba in AprilTanzania · 288 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Mzuzu in AprilMalawi · 340 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 140 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 Kasama) is explained once on the Kasama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.