Ndola weather by month & the best time to visit

🇿🇲 Zambia · city break · Mediterranean climate

The best time to visit Ndola is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with July and August close behind. Ndola averages about 3,023 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in June.

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Sun hours / year

3,023

Sunniest month

June

Peak score

97/100

Rain / year

1,036 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

628k

Elevation

1,313 m

When is the best time to visit Ndola?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Ndola is June, then July and August. The dullest month is January (69/100, 290 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Ndola?

Ndola is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,023 hours of sunshine a year. June (97/100) is noticeably better than January (69). It ranks #5 of 6 destinations in Zambia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,059 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 73% of the year's 1,036 mm falls in the three months around January.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Lubumbashi Congo - Kinshasa · 186 km · best in May · 2,978 h sun/yr
• Lusaka Zambia · 263 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
• Harare Zimbabwe · 617 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
• Kigali Rwanda · 1,236 km · best in Jul · 2,191 h sun/yr
• Gaborone Botswana · 1,317 km · best in Jul · 3,481 h sun/yr
• Dar es Salaam Tanzania · 1,352 km · best in Jul · 2,837 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Solwesi Zambia · 249 km · 2,948 h sun/yr · best in May
• Mfuwe Zambia · 372 km · 3,052 h sun/yr · best in May
• Kariba Zimbabwe · 397 km · 3,162 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Kolwezi Congo - Kinshasa · 409 km · 2,691 h sun/yr · best in Jun