Ndola
City in Zambia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Ndola01: User:Vberger, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Ndola is a city in Zambia, in Copperbelt. About 627,503 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Zambia in our atlas.
It lies at 12.96° S, 28.64° E, about 1,307 m (4,288 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lusaka time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Ndola. Green dots: other major cities of Zambia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ndola has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 34°C (93°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 9°C (47°F). Around 1,036 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 · 31 km
- Kitwe · 49 km
- Chingola · 94 km
- Kabwe · 166 km
- Solwezi · 258 km
- Lusaka · 274 km
- Kasama · 411 km
- Chipata · 441 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 901344 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q219671 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Ndola01: User:Vberger, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)