Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalulushi weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd 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 Kalulushi: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes November a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kitwe (14 km away). In November its highs average 29.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Kalulushi, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kalulushi ranks joint 13th of 24 for the warmest November highs and joint 17th of 24 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 24 cities is 29.1°C; Kalulushi is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 124 mm to 253 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
Kalulushi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 273 | 28.0 | 12.813 h |
| February | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 230 | 24.6 | 12.513 h |
| March | 25.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 172 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 32 | 6.6 | 11.812 h |
| May | 25.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 24.4°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| August | 27.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 17 | 3.6 | 12.412 h |
| November, selected | 28.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 124 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| December | 25.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 253 | 26.8 | 12.913 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
- Kitwe in NovemberZambia · 14 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 123 mm rain
- Mufulira in NovemberZambia · 36 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Chingola in NovemberZambia · 42 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Luanshya in NovemberZambia · 48 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Ndola in NovemberZambia · 60 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in NovemberZambia · 61 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in NovemberZambia · 140 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 147 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 130 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 Kalulushi) is explained once on the Kalulushi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.