Climate averages 1991–2020
Mansa weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th 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 Mansa: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 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 52 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubumbashi (163 km away). In April its highs average 25.9°C, 0.5°C warmer than Mansa, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Mansa ranks 13th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 19th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Mansa is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 1.9 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
Mansa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 248 | 27.5 | 12.713 h |
| February | 25.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 216 | 23.9 | 12.512 h |
| March | 25.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 176 | 22.7 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 38 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 26.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| June | 25.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| July | 24.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| August | 27.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 18 | 3.3 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 124 | 15.7 | 12.613 h |
| December | 25.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 241 | 26.3 | 12.813 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
- Lubumbashi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 163 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Mufulira in AprilZambia · 166 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in AprilZambia · 174 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Chingola in AprilZambia · 184 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Kipushi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Kitwe in AprilZambia · 193 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Ndola in AprilZambia · 198 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Kalulushi in AprilZambia · 202 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 32 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 Mansa) is explained once on the Mansa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.