Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitwe weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Kitwe: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalulushi (14 km away). In April its highs average 25.6°C, about as warm as Kitwe, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kitwe ranks 4th of 24 for the warmest April highs and joint 15th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Kitwe is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 2.5 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
Kitwe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 278 | 28.4 | 12.813 h |
| February | 25.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 233 | 24.4 | 12.513 h |
| March | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 172 | 21.9 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 26.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 34 | 6.8 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 24.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| August | 27.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 17 | 3.6 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 123 | 16.9 | 12.713 h |
| December | 26.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 256 | 27.7 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Kalulushi in AprilZambia · 14 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Mufulira in AprilZambia · 28 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Luanshya in AprilZambia · 43 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Chingola in AprilZambia · 47 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Ndola in AprilZambia · 49 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in AprilZambia · 65 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in AprilZambia · 139 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 36 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 Kitwe) is explained once on the Kitwe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.