Region · Zambia
Best time to visit Central Province
This guide covers 3 destinations in Central Province, a first-level administrative division of Zambia. The largest by population are Kabwe, Shibuyunji District and Kapiri Mposhi. Across its destinations, April to August are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (LUN).
- Destinations in this guide
- 3
- Comfortable in the most places
- April to August
- Main airport
- LUNKenneth Kaunda International Airport
- Currency
- ZMWZambian Kwacha
- Time zone
- Africa/Lusaka
Destinations
Destinations in Central Province
Every destination in this guide in Central Province, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kabwe | 299,206 | LUN · 100 km | |
| Shibuyunji District | 91,616 | LUN · 81 km | |
| Kapiri Mposhi | 65,182 | NLA · 114 km |
When to go
Best time to visit Central Province
From the climate of 3 destinations in Central Province with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: April to August.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 3 | 28 °C | 244 mm |
| February | 0 of 3 | 28 °C | 181 mm |
| March | 0 of 3 | 29 °C | 136 mm |
| April | 3 of 3 | 28 °C | 27 mm |
| May | 3 of 3 | 27 °C | 3 mm |
| June | 3 of 3 | 26 °C | 0 mm |
| July | 3 of 3 | 25 °C | 0 mm |
| August | 3 of 3 | 28 °C | 0 mm |
| September | 0 of 3 | 31 °C | 1 mm |
| October | 0 of 3 | 33 °C | 20 mm |
| November | 0 of 3 | 31 °C | 103 mm |
| December | 0 of 3 | 29 °C | 214 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Central Province
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Central Province name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
LUN · Kenneth Kaunda International Airport
NLA · Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Central Province, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Zambia
Nearby
Regions near Central Province
Other regions of Zambia with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.