Kabwe weather in June

In June, Kabwe sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of June to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Kabwe's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kabwe's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 6:32 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover: 26%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.87 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.1; out of 10

Kabwe is city in central province of Zambia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical June day in Kabwe reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 2°C cooler than May and on par with July.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	12
2	24	12
3	24	12
4	24	12
5	24	12
6	24	12
7	24	11
8	24	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	11
29	22	11
30	22	11

Kabwe weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 19°	239	25.3	12.8	4.1
Feb	27° / 18°	187	21.3	12.5	4.4
Mar	26° / 18°	120	17.7	12.1	5.4
Apr	26° / 16°	24	5	11.7	7.6
May	25° / 13°	3	0.6	11.3	8.9
Jun	23° / 11°	1	0.1	11.2	9.1
Jul	23° / 11°	1	0.1	11.2	9.0
Aug	26° / 13°	0	0	11.5	9.1
Sep	29° / 17°	1	0.2	11.9	7.2
Oct	31° / 20°	10	2.2	12.3	5.4
Nov	30° / 20°	87	12.2	12.7	4.6
Dec	27° / 19°	211	23.3	12.8	4.3

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	82	81	80	80	79	79	78
Cloudier (%)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	20	20	21	21	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Kabwe gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	88	89	90	91	92	92	93	94	94	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100
Comfortable (%)	12	11	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	88	12
2	89	11
3	90	10
4	91	9
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	93	7
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0

Wind in June

Winds average 13 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of June to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:27 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 5:44 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35
Sunset (PM)	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:27	5:40
2	11.2	6:28	5:40
3	11.2	6:28	5:40
4	11.2	6:28	5:40
5	11.2	6:29	5:40
6	11.2	6:29	5:40
7	11.2	6:29	5:40
8	11.2	6:30	5:40
9	11.2	6:30	5:40
10	11.2	6:30	5:40
11	11.2	6:31	5:40
12	11.2	6:31	5:40
13	11.2	6:31	5:41
14	11.2	6:31	5:41
15	11.2	6:32	5:41
16	11.2	6:32	5:41
17	11.1	6:32	5:41
18	11.1	6:32	5:41
19	11.1	6:33	5:41
20	11.1	6:33	5:42
21	11.1	6:33	5:42
22	11.1	6:33	5:42
23	11.1	6:34	5:42
24	11.1	6:34	5:42
25	11.1	6:34	5:43
26	11.1	6:34	5:43
27	11.1	6:34	5:43
28	11.1	6:34	5:43
29	11.2	6:35	5:44
30	11.2	6:35	5:44

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.87 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.87 kWh/m² to a high of 7.17 kWh/m² in October across the year — June's 4.87 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Kabwe

In seasonPeak

None of Kabwe's seasonal hazards are active in June. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Kabwe's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is June a good time to visit Kabwe?

Our two travel scores rate June for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

9.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

June is one of the better times to visit Kabwe for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kabwe in June

From June's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In June, Kabwe sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kabwe in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kabwe peaks around January 20 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	15	14	13	10	9	9	10	11	13	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Kabwe in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kabwe is worst in August — around 42 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.7× the cleanest month (April, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	13	14	11	9	10	15	29	42	33	21	14	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	11	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	42	Poor
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Kabwe?

Kabwe sits at 14.4°S, 28.4°E, 1,191 m above sea level, in Zambia. The nearest listed city is Kapiri Mposhi, 58 km away.

Topography around Kabwe

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kabwe.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kabwe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 1,188 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 922 m.

The land around Kabwe is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (41%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (32%), cropland (23%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

35 m

artificial surfaces 53%

16 km

110 m

grassland 41%

80 km

922 m

grassland 32%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland

← May Kabwe year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Kapiri Mposhi 58 km · Chunga 99 km · Madido 101 km · Chongwe 101 km · Lusaka West 103 km · Ntandabale 105 km · Lusaka 108 km · Namalombwe 108 km

Zambia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 30% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,318; 2025
Happiness: 4.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 5.2; per 100k, 2015
Road deaths: 20.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 573
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kabwe (-14.4469°, 28.4464°, elevation 1,191 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	12
2	24	12
3	24	12
4	24	12
5	24	12
6	24	12
7	24	11
8	24	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	11
29	22	11
30	22	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	88	12
2	89	11
3	90	10
4	91	9
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	93	7
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	12
2	24	12
3	24	12
4	24	12
5	24	12
6	24	12
7	24	11
8	24	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	11
29	22	11
30	22	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	88	12
2	89	11
3	90	10
4	91	9
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	93	7
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	12
2	24	12
3	24	12
4	24	12
5	24	12
6	24	12
7	24	11
8	24	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	11
29	22	11
30	22	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	88	12
2	89	11
3	90	10
4	91	9
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	93	7
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0