Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitwe weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kitwe: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalulushi (14 km away). In October its highs average 31.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kitwe, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kitwe ranks joint 4th of 24 for the warmest October highs and joint 13th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 31.2°C; Kitwe is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 123 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kalulushi in OctoberZambia · 14 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Mufulira in OctoberZambia · 28 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Luanshya in OctoberZambia · 43 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Chingola in OctoberZambia · 47 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Ndola in OctoberZambia · 49 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in OctoberZambia · 65 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in OctoberZambia · 139 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 25 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.