Kitwe
Elevation 1200 m12.82° S, 28.21° E
When to go?
Mean 23 °C, 26 rain days in the month (272 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 23 °C, 21 rain days in the month (219 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 22 °C, 19 rain days in the month (183 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 21 °C, 6 rain days in the month (47 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 19 °C, it hardly ever rains (4 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 17 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 22 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 25 °C, 2 rain days in the month (15 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 24 °C, 16 rain days in the month (141 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 23 °C, 24 rain days in the month (268 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
The best months are May–August. Avoid December–March (often rainy), October (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.4 °C; in the last ten years by +0.5 °C. Warmest year: 1951 (+2.0 °C), coldest: 1976 (−0.7 °C).
November and October warmed the most (+0.9 and +0.8 °C), July the least (0.0 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.