Climate averages 1991–2020
Kapiri Mposhi 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 Kapiri Mposhi: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 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 45 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabwe (58 km away). In November its highs average 29.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kapiri Mposhi, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kapiri Mposhi ranks 12th of 24 for the warmest November highs and 8th of 24 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 24 cities is 29.1°C; Kapiri Mposhi is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 93 mm to 226 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
Kapiri Mposhi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 253 | 26.4 | 12.813 h |
| February | 25.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 199 | 22.7 | 12.613 h |
| March | 25.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 141 | 19.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 25 | 5.6 | 11.812 h |
| May | 24.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 11.511 h |
| June | 22.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| July | 22.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| August | 25.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| September | 29.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 13 | 2.7 | 12.412 h |
| November, selected | 29.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 93 | 13.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 26.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 226 | 24.5 | 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
- Kabwe in NovemberZambia · 58 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Luanshya in NovemberZambia · 97 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Ndola in NovemberZambia · 113 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Kitwe in NovemberZambia · 139 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 123 mm rain
- Kalulushi in NovemberZambia · 140 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Chunga in NovemberZambia · 156 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Madido in NovemberZambia · 157 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Mufulira in NovemberZambia · 165 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 134 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 Kapiri Mposhi) is explained once on the Kapiri Mposhi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.