Climate averages 1991–2020
Solwezi weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th 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 Solwezi: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kipushi (104 km away). In April its highs average 25.3°C, about as warm as Solwezi, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Solwezi ranks joint 10th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 21st of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Solwezi is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 3.2 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
Solwezi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 280 | 28.0 | 12.713 h |
| February | 25.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 235 | 24.8 | 12.512 h |
| March | 25.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 209 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 48 | 8.0 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 11.612 h |
| June | 25.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 25.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| August | 28.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 31 | 5.8 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 162 | 20.7 | 12.713 h |
| December | 25.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 278 | 28.3 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Kipushi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 104 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Likasi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 137 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Kambove in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 146 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in AprilZambia · 157 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Chingola in AprilZambia · 167 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Kolwezi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Kalulushi in AprilZambia · 200 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 32 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 Solwezi) is explained once on the Solwezi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.