Kabwe
City in Zambia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Buntungwa Street Kabwe Zambia: Mac H. Alford, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kabwe is a city in Zambia, in Central Province. About 288,598 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Zambia in our atlas.
It lies at 14.45° S, 28.45° E, about 1,191 m (3,907 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lusaka time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kabwe. Green dots: other major cities of Zambia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kabwe has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 34°C (93°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 9°C (48°F). Around 950 mm (37 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in ZambiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Lusaka · 108 km
- Luanshya · 145 km
- Ndola · 166 km
- Kitwe · 184 km
- Chingola · 221 km
- Solwezi · 336 km
- Chipata · 461 km
- Kasama · 554 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 916095 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q216902 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Buntungwa Street Kabwe Zambia: Mac H. Alford, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)