Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kabwe
Kabwe climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest May–Jul
Annual mean21°day and night
Seasonal swing8°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation964 mm116 wet days a year
14.45° S, 28.45° EElevation 1,191 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goKabwe · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low31° / 19°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kabwe has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is October, when afternoons average 31° and nights 19°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 11°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 8°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 964 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (255 mm, 26 wet days) and June the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 7% in August to 67% in January.
Compared with Lusaka, the capital, Kabwe is 0.7° warmer on a October afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · October
- Coldest nights
- 11° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- August · 7% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 58 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 17 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 22° | 25° | 29° | 31° | 29° | 26° |
| Average low | 18° | 18° | 17° | 16° | 14° | 11° | 11° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 19° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 255 mm | 208 mm | 117 mm | 30 mm | 4 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 13 mm | 111 mm | 223 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 25.9 | 21.6 | 19.2 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 13.4 | 25.5 |
| Cloud cover | 67% | 59% | 43% | 20% | 14% | 11% | 11% | 7% | 9% | 19% | 41% | 63% |
| Daylight | 12h 53 | 12h 34 | 12h 11 | 11h 47 | 11h 27 | 11h 17 | 11h 21 | 11h 37 | 12h 00 | 12h 24 | 12h 47 | 12h 58 |
| Month score | 49 | 53 | 59 | 83 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 83 | 71 | 46 | 48 |
ivMonth by month
Kabwe in every month
January49
26° / 18°
255 mm · 25.9 wet days
February53
26° / 18°
208 mm · 21.6 wet days
March59
26° / 17°
117 mm · 19.2 wet days
April83
25° / 16°
30 mm · 6.9 wet days
May99
24° / 14°
4 mm · 0.5 wet day
June100
22° / 11°
1 mm · 0.1 wet days
July100
22° / 11°
1 mm · 0.1 wet days
August99
25° / 13°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
September83
29° / 16°
1 mm · 0.1 wet days
October71
31° / 19°
13 mm · 2.6 wet days
November46
29° / 19°
111 mm · 13.4 wet days
December48
26° / 18°
223 mm · 25.5 wet days