Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitwe weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Kitwe: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalulushi (14 km away). In May its highs average 25.8°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kitwe, with 2.5 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kitwe ranks joint 5th of 24 for the warmest May highs and joint 8th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Kitwe is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.5 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 26.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 34 | 6.8 | 11.812 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kalulushi in MayZambia · 14 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Mufulira in MayZambia · 28 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Luanshya in MayZambia · 43 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Chingola in MayZambia · 47 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Ndola in MayZambia · 49 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in MayZambia · 65 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in MayZambia · 139 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 2.0 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.