Climate averages 1991–2020
Chingola weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Chingola: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes November a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chililabombwe (19 km away). In November its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Chingola, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Chingola ranks 21st of 24 for the warmest November highs and 19th of 24 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 24 cities is 29.1°C; Chingola is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 130 mm to 249 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Chingola climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 269 | 28.0 | 12.813 h |
| February | 25.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 232 | 24.4 | 12.513 h |
| March | 25.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 175 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 34 | 6.5 | 11.812 h |
| May | 25.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 11.512 h |
| June | 24.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| August | 26.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 29.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 17 | 3.4 | 12.412 h |
| November, selected | 28.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 130 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| December | 25.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 249 | 27.3 | 12.813 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
November in nearby cities
- Chililabombwe in NovemberZambia · 19 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Mufulira in NovemberZambia · 39 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Kalulushi in NovemberZambia · 42 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Kitwe in NovemberZambia · 47 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 123 mm rain
- Luanshya in NovemberZambia · 89 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Ndola in NovemberZambia · 95 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Kipushi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 152 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chingola) is explained once on the Chingola year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.