Question 1

What are the temperature differences between Lusaka, Ndola and Kitwe?

Accepted Answer

The temperatures in Lusaka, Ndola, and Kitwe are generally comfortable throughout the year, with all cities experiencing similar temperature patterns.

October and November see the highest maximum temperatures, exceeding 30°C in all three cities, while June and July have the lowest minimum temperatures, around 11-12°C.

Kitwe tends to have slightly higher maximum temperatures compared to Lusaka and Ndola, especially during the warmer months.

All three cities remain within the comfort temperature range for most of the year.

Question 2

What are the differences in sun/precipitation levels between Lusaka, Ndola and Kitwe?

Accepted Answer

Overall, the three cities exhibit similar seasonal patterns with high precipitation and low sun hours in the early months (Dec-Mar) and vice versa in the middle of the year (Jun-Sep)

Ndola and Kitwe have very similar conditions in terms of sun hours and precipitation throughout the year

Lusaka tends to have slightly higher sun hours in the earlier months (Jan-Mar) compared to Ndola and Kitwe, while precipitation is somewhat lower during the same period

The peak sun hours appear to be very close across all three cities.

Question 3

What are the differences in astronomy conditions (sunrise, sunset) between Lusaka, Ndola and Kitwe?

Accepted Answer

Lusaka has the earliest sunrise and latest sunset compared to Ndola and Kitwe.

It also experiences the longest day length, while Kitwe has the shortest longest day.

The timing of the earliest sunrise (November) and latest sunset (January) are consistent across all three cities, as well as the latest sunrise (July) and earliest sunset (June)

The differences between the cities are small, generally within a few minutes.

	Lusaka ZM	Ndola ZM	Kitwe ZM
Today Tue Jul 08
Wed Jul 09
Thu Jul 10
Fri Jul 11
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Period	Lusaka	Ndola	Kitwe
Jan	25.0°C	23.9°C	24.1°C
Feb	25.8°C	24.7°C	25.0°C
Mar	26.0°C	24.9°C	24.8°C
Apr	25.8°C	25.3°C	25.2°C
May	25.8°C	26.4°C	26.7°C
Jun	24.0°C	25.6°C	26.0°C
Jul	24.0°C	26.0°C	26.3°C
Aug	27.9°C	29.5°C	29.8°C
Sep	31.5°C	32.7°C	33.0°C
Oct	32.9°C	33.3°C	33.5°C
Nov	31.5°C	31.0°C	30.9°C
Dec	28.9°C	27.3°C	27.3°C
Average	27.7°C	27.4°C	27.6°C

Period	Lusaka	Ndola	Kitwe
Jan	17.6°C	16.7°C	17.1°C
Feb	17.5°C	16.8°C	17.3°C
Mar	16.9°C	16.3°C	16.7°C
Apr	15.8°C	15.5°C	15.6°C
May	13.8°C	13.7°C	13.9°C
Jun	11.8°C	11.6°C	11.9°C
Jul	11.6°C	11.4°C	11.8°C
Aug	14.3°C	14.3°C	14.6°C
Sep	17.3°C	17.1°C	17.5°C
Oct	19.8°C	18.8°C	19.2°C
Nov	19.9°C	18.2°C	18.7°C
Dec	18.9°C	17.2°C	17.6°C
Average	16.0°C	16.3°C	15.6°C

Period	Lusaka	Ndola	Kitwe
Jan	1.2 hours/day	0.9 hours/day	1.0 hours/day
Feb	1.9 hours/day	1.4 hours/day	1.5 hours/day
Mar	2.8 hours/day	1.6 hours/day	1.4 hours/day
Apr	5.3 hours/day	4.1 hours/day	4.1 hours/day
May	8.4 hours/day	8.2 hours/day	8.4 hours/day
Jun	8.4 hours/day	9.9 hours/day	10.1 hours/day
Jul	9.2 hours/day	10.2 hours/day	10.3 hours/day
Aug	10.6 hours/day	11.4 hours/day	11.8 hours/day
Sep	11.9 hours/day	12.1 hours/day	12.2 hours/day
Oct	11.0 hours/day	10.8 hours/day	10.8 hours/day
Nov	7.8 hours/day	7.0 hours/day	6.7 hours/day
Dec	4.7 hours/day	3.6 hours/day	3.6 hours/day
Average	6.8 hours/day	6.9 hours/day	6.8 hours/day

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Period	Lusaka	Ndola	Kitwe
Jan	9.8mm	9.6mm	9.9mm
Feb	6.9mm	9.4mm	10.0mm
Mar	4.0mm	7.5mm	8.2mm
Apr	1.3mm	2.2mm	2.6mm
May	0.2mm	0.1mm	0.1mm
Jun	0.1mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Jul	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Aug	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Sep	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Oct	0.4mm	0.7mm	0.7mm
Nov	2.9mm	4.4mm	4.5mm
Dec	6.0mm	8.1mm	8.3mm
Average	3.7mm	2.6mm	3.5mm

Period	Lusaka	Ndola	Kitwe
Jan	11.3km/h	10.1km/h	10.0km/h
Feb	11.5km/h	9.6km/h	9.3km/h
Mar	13.1km/h	10.1km/h	9.7km/h
Apr	15.0km/h	12.1km/h	11.3km/h
May	14.8km/h	12.2km/h	11.4km/h
Jun	15.8km/h	13.2km/h	12.1km/h
Jul	16.6km/h	14.0km/h	12.9km/h
Aug	16.9km/h	15.2km/h	14.1km/h
Sep	18.4km/h	16.8km/h	16.1km/h
Oct	18.1km/h	16.1km/h	15.4km/h
Nov	15.5km/h	13.0km/h	12.7km/h
Dec	13.4km/h	11.0km/h	10.6km/h
Average	12.1km/h	15.0km/h	12.8km/h

Period	Lusaka	Ndola	Kitwe
Jan	85.9%	90.9%	89.7%
Feb	85.3%	89.6%	88.5%
Mar	81.6%	88.6%	88.0%
Apr	72.1%	81.4%	81.1%
May	57.6%	63.5%	61.8%
Jun	54.6%	54.0%	52.1%
Jul	49.1%	46.3%	44.5%
Aug	37.6%	34.8%	33.2%
Sep	31.6%	29.6%	28.3%
Oct	34.9%	36.5%	35.6%
Nov	50.0%	58.0%	58.0%
Dec	66.9%	78.2%	78.3%
Average	61.6%	58.9%	62.6%

Period	Lusaka	Ndola	Kitwe
Jan	5:49	5:51	5:53
Feb	6:03	6:04	6:05
Mar	6:10	6:09	6:11
Apr	6:14	6:11	6:13
May	6:22	6:16	6:18
Jun	6:31	6:25	6:26
Jul	6:33	6:28	6:29
Aug	6:22	6:19	6:20
Sep	6:02	6:00	6:01
Oct	5:40	5:40	5:42
Nov	5:28	5:30	5:32
Dec	5:32	5:35	5:37
Average	6:06	6:06	6:00

Period	Lusaka	Ndola	Kitwe
Jan	18:44	18:38	18:40
Feb	18:38	18:34	18:36
Mar	18:20	18:19	18:20
Apr	17:59	18:00	18:02
May	17:46	17:48	17:50
Jun	17:44	17:47	17:50
Jul	17:52	17:55	17:56
Aug	17:59	18:00	18:02
Sep	18:02	18:01	18:03
Oct	18:06	18:03	18:05
Nov	18:17	18:12	18:13
Dec	18:33	18:28	18:29
Average	18:12	18:12	18:06

Period	Lusaka	Ndola	Kitwe
Jan	11:44 hours	11:38 hours	11:40 hours
Feb	11:38 hours	11:34 hours	11:36 hours
Mar	11:20 hours	11:19 hours	11:20 hours
Apr	10:59 hours	11:00 hours	11:02 hours
May	10:46 hours	10:48 hours	10:50 hours
Jun	10:44 hours	10:47 hours	10:50 hours
Jul	10:52 hours	10:55 hours	10:56 hours
Aug	10:59 hours	11:00 hours	11:02 hours
Sep	11:02 hours	11:01 hours	11:03 hours
Oct	11:06 hours	11:03 hours	11:05 hours
Nov	11:17 hours	11:12 hours	11:13 hours
Dec	11:33 hours	11:28 hours	11:29 hours
Average	11:12 hours	11:12 hours	11:06 hours