Climate averages 1991–2020
Choma weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the joint 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 Choma: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes November a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mazabuka (133 km away). In November its highs average 30.8°C, 2.5°C warmer than Choma, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Choma ranks 20th of 24 for the warmest November highs and 9th of 24 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 24 cities is 29.1°C; Choma is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 199 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
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, selected | 28.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 96 | 13.8 | 12.913 h |
| December | 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
November in nearby cities
- Mazabuka in NovemberZambia · 133 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Livingstone in NovemberZambia · 166 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Kafue in NovemberZambia · 172 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Namalombwe in NovemberZambia · 203 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Lusaka in NovemberZambia · 209 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Chunga in NovemberZambia · 215 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Madido in NovemberZambia · 219 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Kabwe in NovemberZambia · 306 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 87 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.