Climate averages 1991–2020
Solwezi weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th 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 Solwezi: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 209 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kipushi (104 km away). In March its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Solwezi, with 201 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Solwezi ranks joint 10th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 21st of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Solwezi is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 209 mm to 48 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
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, selected | 25.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 209 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kipushi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 104 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 201 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Likasi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 137 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Kambove in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 146 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 196 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in MarchZambia · 157 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 200 mm rain
- Chingola in MarchZambia · 167 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 175 mm rain
- Kolwezi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Kalulushi in MarchZambia · 200 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 172 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.