Climate averages 1991–2020
Chipata weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd 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 Chipata: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lilongwe (128 km away). In November its highs average 29.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Chipata, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Chipata ranks 5th of 24 for the warmest November highs and 2nd of 24 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 24 cities is 29.1°C; Chipata is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 240 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
Chipata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 279 | 27.4 | 12.813 h |
| February | 25.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 221 | 22.9 | 12.513 h |
| March | 25.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 166 | 21.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 35 | 7.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 25.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 4.7 | 1.2 | 11.511 h |
| June | 23.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| July | 23.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| August | 25.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| September | 29.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 18 | 3.4 | 12.412 h |
| November, selected | 30.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 78 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 27.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 240 | 25.2 | 12.913 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
- Lilongwe in NovemberMalawi · 128 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Lichinga in NovemberMozambique · 282 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Mzuzu in NovemberMalawi · 283 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 104 mm rain
- Tete in NovemberMozambique · 298 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Mandimba in NovemberMozambique · 333 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Zomba in NovemberMalawi · 347 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Blantyre in NovemberMalawi · 349 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Kasama in NovemberZambia · 413 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 123 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 Chipata) is explained once on the Chipata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.