Solwesi weather by month & the best time to visit
🇿🇲 Zambia · regional city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Solwesi is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with June and July close behind. Solwesi averages about 2,948 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,948
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 1,201 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 301k
- Elevation
- 1,390 m
When is the best time to visit Solwesi?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Solwesi is May, then June and July. The dullest month is January (69/100, 256 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Solwesi?
Solwesi gets a lot of sun: around 2,948 hours a year. May (96/100) is noticeably better than January (69). It ranks #6 of 6 destinations in Zambia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,059 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 62% of the year's 1,201 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69 | 25° / 77°F | 16° / 61°F | 256 mm | 11 |
| February | 69 | 25° / 77°F | 16° / 61°F | 207 mm | 11 |
| March | 69 | 25° / 77°F | 16° / 61°F | 191 mm | 11 |
| April | 83 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 73 mm | 11 |
| May | 96 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 4 mm | 10 |
| June | 96 | 24° / 75°F | 8° / 46°F | 0 mm | 9 |
| July | 96 | 25° / 77°F | 8° / 46°F | 1 mm | 8 |
| August | 96 | 28° / 82°F | 10° / 50°F | 2 mm | 9 |
| September | 95 | 32° / 90°F | 15° / 59°F | 6 mm | 10 |
| October | 90 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 37 mm | 11 |
| November | 70 | 28° / 82°F | 17° / 63°F | 147 mm | 11 |
| December | 69 | 25° / 77°F | 17° / 63°F | 277 mm | 10 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Lubumbashi Congo - Kinshasa · 142 km · best in May · 2,978 h sun/yr
- Lusaka Zambia · 417 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
- Harare Zimbabwe · 817 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
- Kigali Rwanda · 1,209 km · best in Jul · 2,191 h sun/yr
- Gaborone Botswana · 1,378 km · best in Jul · 3,481 h sun/yr
- Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo) Angola · 1,448 km · best in Jun · 2,165 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kolwezi Congo - Kinshasa · 182 km · 2,691 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Ndola Zambia · 249 km · 3,023 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Kamina Congo - Kinshasa · 411 km · 2,468 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Kariba Zimbabwe · 554 km · 3,162 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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