Climate averages 1991–2020
Solwezi 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 Solwezi: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kipushi (104 km away). In October its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Solwezi, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Solwezi ranks 14th of 24 for the warmest October highs and 23rd of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 31.2°C; Solwezi is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 162 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kipushi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 104 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Likasi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 137 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Kambove in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 146 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in OctoberZambia · 157 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Chingola in OctoberZambia · 167 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Kolwezi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Kalulushi in OctoberZambia · 200 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 17 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.