Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitwe weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 8th 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 Kitwe: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 172 mm of rain on roughly 22 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 Kalulushi (14 km away). In March its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as Kitwe, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kitwe ranks 5th of 24 for the warmest March highs and joint 15th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Kitwe is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 172 mm to 34 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kalulushi in MarchZambia · 14 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 172 mm rain
- Mufulira in MarchZambia · 28 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 179 mm rain
- Luanshya in MarchZambia · 43 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 136 mm rain
- Chingola in MarchZambia · 47 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 175 mm rain
- Ndola in MarchZambia · 49 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 161 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in MarchZambia · 65 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 200 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in MarchZambia · 139 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 141 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 171 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.