Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabwe 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 Kabwe: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 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 46 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kapiri Mposhi (58 km away). In November its highs average 29.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kabwe, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kabwe ranks joint 6th of 24 for the warmest November highs and 5th of 24 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 24 cities is 29.1°C; Kabwe is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 211 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
Kabwe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 239 | 25.3 | 12.913 h |
| February | 25.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 189 | 21.5 | 12.613 h |
| March | 25.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 120 | 17.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| May | 24.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 11.511 h |
| June | 22.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| July | 22.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| August | 25.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| September | 29.4°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 10 | 2.2 | 12.412 h |
| November, selected | 29.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 87 | 12.2 | 12.813 h |
| December | 26.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 211 | 23.3 | 13.013 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
- Kapiri Mposhi in NovemberZambia · 58 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Chunga in NovemberZambia · 99 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Madido in NovemberZambia · 101 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Lusaka in NovemberZambia · 108 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Namalombwe in NovemberZambia · 108 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Luanshya in NovemberZambia · 146 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Kafue in NovemberZambia · 150 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Ndola in NovemberZambia · 167 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 113 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 Kabwe) is explained once on the Kabwe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.