Climate averages 1991–2020
Solwezi weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Solwezi: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kipushi (104 km away). In May its highs average 26.3°C, about as warm as Solwezi, with 2.9 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Solwezi ranks joint 2nd of 24 for the warmest May highs and joint 17th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Solwezi is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.2 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 25.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 48 | 8.0 | 11.812 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kipushi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 104 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.2°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Likasi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 137 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Kambove in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 146 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in MayZambia · 157 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Chingola in MayZambia · 167 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Kolwezi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Kalulushi in MayZambia · 200 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 2.5 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.