Climate averages 1991–2020
Kafue weather
in November.
A hot, 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 Kafue: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes November a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lusaka (42 km away). In November its highs average 28.9°C, 1.7°C cooler than Kafue, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kafue ranks 4th of 24 for the warmest November highs and 7th of 24 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 24 cities is 29.1°C; Kafue is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 232 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
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, selected | 30.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 91 | 13.1 | 12.813 h |
| December | 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
November in nearby cities
- Lusaka in NovemberZambia · 42 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Namalombwe in NovemberZambia · 42 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Mazabuka in NovemberZambia · 47 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Madido in NovemberZambia · 51 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Chunga in NovemberZambia · 51 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Kabwe in NovemberZambia · 150 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Choma in NovemberZambia · 172 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in NovemberZambia · 207 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 93 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.