Climate averages 1991–2020
Nchelenge weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Nchelenge: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mansa (207 km away). In April its highs average 25.4°C, about as warm as Nchelenge, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Nchelenge ranks joint 7th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 24th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Nchelenge is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 132 mm to 10 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
Nchelenge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 211 | 27.1 | 12.613 h |
| February | 26.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 183 | 22.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 25.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 253 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 132 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| May | 26.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 10 | 2.1 | 11.712 h |
| June | 25.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 26.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 28.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 5.0 | 1.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 59 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 189 | 23.1 | 12.513 h |
| December | 25.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 246 | 28.8 | 12.713 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
- Mansa in AprilZambia · 207 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Mulongo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Manono in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 271 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 275 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Likasi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 284 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Kasama in AprilZambia · 285 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Kambove in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 289 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 292 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 36 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 Nchelenge) is explained once on the Nchelenge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.