Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitwe weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Kitwe: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 233 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalulushi (14 km away). In February its highs average 25.4°C, about as warm as Kitwe, with 230 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kitwe ranks 6th of 24 for the warmest February highs and 21st of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Kitwe is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 233 mm to 172 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kalulushi in FebruaryZambia · 14 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 230 mm rain
- Mufulira in FebruaryZambia · 28 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 243 mm rain
- Luanshya in FebruaryZambia · 43 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 198 mm rain
- Chingola in FebruaryZambia · 47 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 232 mm rain
- Ndola in FebruaryZambia · 49 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in FebruaryZambia · 65 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 244 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in FebruaryZambia · 139 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 199 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 215 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.