Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitwe weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th 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 Kitwe: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 256 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalulushi (14 km away). In December its highs average 25.8°C, about as warm as Kitwe, with 253 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kitwe ranks joint 8th of 24 for the warmest December highs and joint 19th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 26.2°C; Kitwe is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 256 mm to 278 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
Kitwe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 278 | 28.4 | 12.813 h |
| February | 25.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 233 | 24.4 | 12.513 h |
| March | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 172 | 21.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 34 | 6.8 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 24.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| August | 27.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 17 | 3.6 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 123 | 16.9 | 12.713 h |
| December, selected | 26.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 256 | 27.7 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Kalulushi in DecemberZambia · 14 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 253 mm rain
- Mufulira in DecemberZambia · 28 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 256 mm rain
- Luanshya in DecemberZambia · 43 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 228 mm rain
- Chingola in DecemberZambia · 47 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 249 mm rain
- Ndola in DecemberZambia · 49 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 262 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in DecemberZambia · 65 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 266 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in DecemberZambia · 139 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 226 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°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 Kitwe) is explained once on the Kitwe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.