Region · Zambia
Best time to visit Copperbelt Province
This guide covers 7 destinations in Copperbelt Province, a first-level administrative division of Zambia. The largest by population are Kitwe, Ndola and Chingola. Across its destinations, April to August are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport (NLA).
- Destinations in this guide
- 7
- Comfortable in the most places
- April to August
- Main airport
- NLASimon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport
- Currency
- ZMWZambian Kwacha
- Time zone
- Africa/Lusaka
Destinations
Destinations in Copperbelt Province
Every destination in this guide in Copperbelt 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.
When to go
Best time to visit Copperbelt Province
From the climate of 7 destinations in Copperbelt 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 7 | 28 °C | 300 mm |
| February | 0 of 7 | 28 °C | 232 mm |
| March | 0 of 7 | 28 °C | 190 mm |
| April | 7 of 7 | 28 °C | 41 mm |
| May | 7 of 7 | 28 °C | 6 mm |
| June | 7 of 7 | 27 °C | 0 mm |
| July | 7 of 7 | 26 °C | 0 mm |
| August | 7 of 7 | 29 °C | 0 mm |
| September | 0 of 7 | 32 °C | 2 mm |
| October | 0 of 7 | 33 °C | 23 mm |
| November | 0 of 7 | 31 °C | 151 mm |
| December | 0 of 7 | 28 °C | 266 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 Copperbelt Province
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Copperbelt 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.
NLA · Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport
FBM · Lubumbashi International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Copperbelt 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 Copperbelt 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.