Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitwe 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 Kitwe: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 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 Kalulushi (14 km away). In November its highs average 28.9°C, 0.5°C cooler than Kitwe, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kitwe ranks 8th of 24 for the warmest November highs and joint 15th of 24 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 24 cities is 29.1°C; Kitwe is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 123 mm to 256 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
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, selected | 29.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 123 | 16.9 | 12.713 h |
| December | 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
November in nearby cities
- Kalulushi in NovemberZambia · 14 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Mufulira in NovemberZambia · 28 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Luanshya in NovemberZambia · 43 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Chingola in NovemberZambia · 47 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Ndola in NovemberZambia · 49 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in NovemberZambia · 65 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in NovemberZambia · 139 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 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 Kitwe) is explained once on the Kitwe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.