Climate averages 1991–2020
Ndola 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.
March is a warm month in Ndola: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luanshya (31 km away). In March its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Ndola, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Ndola ranks joint 16th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 13th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Ndola is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 161 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 25.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 161 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Luanshya in MarchZambia · 31 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 136 mm rain
- Kitwe in MarchZambia · 49 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 172 mm rain
- Kalulushi in MarchZambia · 60 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 172 mm rain
- Mufulira in MarchZambia · 63 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 179 mm rain
- Chingola in MarchZambia · 95 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 175 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in MarchZambia · 110 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 200 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in MarchZambia · 113 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 141 mm rain
- Kabwe in MarchZambia · 167 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 120 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.