Climate averages 1991–2020
Ndola weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th 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 Ndola: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luanshya (31 km away). In April its highs average 25.8°C, about as warm as Ndola, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Ndola ranks 12th of 24 for the warmest April highs and joint 12th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Ndola is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 3.0 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
Ndola climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 282 | 28.3 | 12.813 h |
| February | 25.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 229 | 24.1 | 12.513 h |
| March | 25.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 161 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 30 | 6.4 | 11.812 h |
| May | 25.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 24.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| August | 26.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 16 | 3.2 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 113 | 15.8 | 12.713 h |
| December | 25.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 262 | 27.0 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Luanshya in AprilZambia · 31 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Kitwe in AprilZambia · 49 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Kalulushi in AprilZambia · 60 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Mufulira in AprilZambia · 63 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Chingola in AprilZambia · 95 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in AprilZambia · 110 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in AprilZambia · 113 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Kabwe in AprilZambia · 167 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 24 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 Ndola) is explained once on the Ndola year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.