Climate averages 1991–2020
Livingstone weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Livingstone: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 181 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Choma (166 km away). In December its highs average 25.4°C, 3.6°C cooler than Livingstone, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Livingstone ranks 1st of 24 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 26.2°C; Livingstone is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 181 mm to 208 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
Livingstone climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 208 | 21.2 | 13.113 h |
| February | 27.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 164 | 17.6 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 97 | 13.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 11.311 h |
| June | 24.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.111 h |
| July | 24.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.211 h |
| August | 27.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| September | 32.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 2.7 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 34.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 11 | 2.9 | 12.512 h |
| November | 32.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 88 | 13.4 | 12.913 h |
| December, selected | 29.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 181 | 20.6 | 13.213 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
- Choma in DecemberZambia · 166 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 199 mm rain
- Mazabuka in DecemberZambia · 299 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 169 mm rain
- Kafue in DecemberZambia · 338 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 232 mm rain
- Maun in DecemberBotswana · 350 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Namalombwe in DecemberZambia · 369 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Lusaka in DecemberZambia · 375 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 228 mm rain
- Chunga in DecemberZambia · 381 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 192 mm rain
- Bulawayo in DecemberZimbabwe · 385 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 148 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 Livingstone) is explained once on the Livingstone year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.