Climate averages 1991–2020
Kasama weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th 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 Kasama: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 267 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nakonde (197 km away). In December its highs average 24.8°C, 1.0°C cooler than Kasama, with 249 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kasama ranks joint 15th of 24 for the warmest December highs and 23rd of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 26.2°C; Kasama is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 267 mm to 286 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
Kasama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 286 | 28.9 | 12.613 h |
| February | 25.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 229 | 24.2 | 12.412 h |
| March | 25.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 216 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 85 | 14.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 25.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 8.1 | 1.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 24.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| July | 24.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 26.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 29.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 18 | 3.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 123 | 15.1 | 12.613 h |
| December, selected | 25.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 267 | 26.2 | 12.713 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
- Nakonde in DecemberZambia · 197 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 249 mm rain
- Tunduma in DecemberTanzania · 201 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 249 mm rain
- Vwawa in DecemberTanzania · 228 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 224 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in DecemberTanzania · 254 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 282 mm rain
- Mansa in DecemberZambia · 273 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 241 mm rain
- Nchelenge in DecemberZambia · 285 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 246 mm rain
- Katumba in DecemberTanzania · 288 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 400 mm rain
- Mzuzu in DecemberMalawi · 340 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 246 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 Kasama) is explained once on the Kasama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.