Climate averages 1991–2020
Ndola weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ndola: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luanshya (31 km away). In October its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Ndola, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Ndola ranks joint 10th of 24 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 31.2°C; Ndola is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 113 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Luanshya in OctoberZambia · 31 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Kitwe in OctoberZambia · 49 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Kalulushi in OctoberZambia · 60 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Mufulira in OctoberZambia · 63 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Chingola in OctoberZambia · 95 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in OctoberZambia · 110 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in OctoberZambia · 113 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Kabwe in OctoberZambia · 167 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 10 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.