Climate averages 1991–2020

Mufulira 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.

Average high 25.7°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 17.5°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 179 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Mufulira: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 179 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 10 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kitwe (28 km away). In March its highs average 25.9°C, about as warm as Mufulira, with 172 mm of rain.

Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Mufulira ranks joint 7th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 19th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Mufulira is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 179 mm to 35 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mufulira climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mufulira, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	25.4°C17.7°C	17.7°C	280	28.4	12.813 h
February	25.6°C17.7°C	17.7°C	243	24.5	12.513 h
March, selected	25.7°C17.5°C	17.5°C	179	21.6	12.212 h
April	25.9°C16.4°C	16.4°C	35	6.8	11.812 h
May	26.5°C15.0°C	15.0°C	2.3	0.7	11.512 h
June	25.0°C12.8°C	12.8°C	0.1	0.0	11.411 h
July	24.8°C12.2°C	12.2°C	0.1	0.0	11.511 h
August	27.6°C14.6°C	14.6°C	0.1	0.0	11.712 h
September	30.7°C17.7°C	17.7°C	1.2	0.4	12.012 h
October	31.6°C19.7°C	19.7°C	17	3.6	12.412 h
November	28.8°C19.0°C	19.0°C	134	17.1	12.713 h
December	25.9°C17.8°C	17.8°C	256	27.8	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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Mufulira

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mufulira) is explained once on the Mufulira year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.