Kitwe
City in Zambia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Kitwe cityscape2 - Flickr: Mike Rosenberg from London, England, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kitwe is a city in Zambia, in Copperbelt. About 665,961 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Zambia in our atlas.
It lies at 12.80° S, 28.21° E, about 1,224 m (4,016 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lusaka time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kitwe. Green dots: other major cities of Zambia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kitwe has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 34°C (94°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 9°C (48°F). Around 1,033 mm (41 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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in ZambiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Luanshya · 43 km
- Chingola · 47 km
- Ndola · 49 km
- Kabwe · 184 km
- Solwezi · 210 km
- Lusaka · 289 km
- Kasama · 431 km
- Chipata · 489 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 911148 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q239580 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kitwe cityscape2 - Flickr: Mike Rosenberg from London, England, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)