Climate averages 1991–2020
Kafue 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 Kafue: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 232 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lusaka (42 km away). In December its highs average 25.9°C, 1.4°C cooler than Kafue, with 228 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kafue ranks 4th of 24 for the warmest December highs and joint 11th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 26.2°C; Kafue is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 232 mm to 239 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
Kafue climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 239 | 25.0 | 12.913 h |
| February | 26.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 181 | 21.7 | 12.613 h |
| March | 26.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 131 | 18.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 27 | 5.6 | 11.812 h |
| May | 25.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| June | 23.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.211 h |
| July | 22.7°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| August | 26.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| September | 30.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 13 | 2.9 | 12.412 h |
| November | 30.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 91 | 13.1 | 12.813 h |
| December, selected | 27.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 232 | 23.6 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Lusaka in DecemberZambia · 42 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 228 mm rain
- Namalombwe in DecemberZambia · 42 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Mazabuka in DecemberZambia · 47 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 169 mm rain
- Madido in DecemberZambia · 51 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 192 mm rain
- Chunga in DecemberZambia · 51 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 192 mm rain
- Kabwe in DecemberZambia · 150 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Choma in DecemberZambia · 172 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 199 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in DecemberZambia · 207 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 226 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 Kafue) is explained once on the Kafue year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.