Climate averages 1991–2020
Choma weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Choma: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 199 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mazabuka (133 km away). In December its highs average 27.6°C, 2.2°C warmer than Choma, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Choma ranks joint 20th of 24 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 26.2°C; Choma is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 199 mm to 222 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Choma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 222 | 24.2 | 13.013 h |
| February | 24.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 176 | 21.3 | 12.713 h |
| March | 24.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 125 | 17.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 30 | 6.8 | 11.712 h |
| May | 23.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 11.311 h |
| June | 21.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.111 h |
| July | 20.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| August | 24.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| September | 28.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 15 | 3.1 | 12.512 h |
| November | 28.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 96 | 13.8 | 12.913 h |
| December, selected | 25.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 199 | 22.8 | 13.113 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
December in nearby cities
- Mazabuka in DecemberZambia · 133 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 169 mm rain
- Livingstone in DecemberZambia · 166 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 181 mm rain
- Kafue in DecemberZambia · 172 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 232 mm rain
- Namalombwe in DecemberZambia · 203 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Lusaka in DecemberZambia · 209 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 228 mm rain
- Chunga in DecemberZambia · 215 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 192 mm rain
- Madido in DecemberZambia · 219 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 192 mm rain
- Kabwe in DecemberZambia · 306 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 211 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 Choma) is explained once on the Choma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.