Chikwe
in Northern Province, Zambia
-
Mbala Airport (18 mi) - Kasaba Bay Airport (37 mi)
-
Sumbawanga Airport (56 mi) - Kasama Airport (109 mi)
-
Moba Airport (145 mi) - Mbeya Airport (156 mi)
- Pweto Airport (159 mi)
- Kasenga Airport (211 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -8.633 and 31.200 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -8° 37' 59" and E 31° 12' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Kwacha - ZMW
- Spoken languages:
- English, Nyanja
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 01:14 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Africa/Lusaka
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:24 am and 5:57 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 1.983 and -157.365 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
- Banana Village
- References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Zambia.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Zambia. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Delve into Chikwe
Chikwe in Northern Province is located in Zambia about 508 mi (or 817 km) north of Lusaka, the country's capital town.
Current time in Chikwe is now 01:14 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Africa / Lusaka with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 8 airports close to Chikwe. The closest airport in Zambia is Mbala Airport in a distance of 18 mi (or 29 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Sumbawanga, Kasama, Chinsali, Mbeya and Mpanda. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 24°C / 76 °F
| Morning Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
| Night Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 11% |
| Air Humidity | 53% |
| Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 50% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
24°C (76 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, broken clouds.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
19°C (67 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
23°C (73 °F)
16°C (62 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Isanga Bay
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Beryl being offloaded at Mpulungu, Zambia
My wife Jenny and myself spent more than 6 months travelling up as far as Ethiopia from Johannesburg. One of the many highlights of the trip was a 48 hour trip on the MV Liemba from Kigoma,...
Welcome to The Waterfront
The waterfront is a developing resort on the shore at the Southern tip of Lake Tanganyika in the small town of Mpulungu, Zambia.
KALAMBO - lake Tanganyika
This rare golden kalambo is filmed outside Toby Veall Kalambo Falls Lodge Zambia Africa.
Videos provided by Youtube are under the copyright of their owners. 
Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Kalambo Falls
The Kalambo Falls on the Kalambo River is a 772ft (235m) single drop waterfall in Tanzania, very near the border with Zambia at the southeast end of Lake Tanganyika. The falls are some of the tallest uninterrupted falls in Africa (after South Africa's Tugela Falls, Ethiopia's Jin Bahir Falls and some more waterfalls). Downstream of the falls the Kalambo Gorge which has a width of about 1 km and a depth of up to 300 m runs for about 5 km before opening out into the Lake Tanganyika rift valley.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Chikwe.
