Climate averages 1991–2020

Mansa 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.

Average high 28.7°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 19.0°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 124 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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November is a hot month in Mansa: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes November a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubumbashi (163 km away). In November its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Mansa, with 130 mm of rain.

Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Mansa ranks 18th of 24 for the warmest November highs and joint 17th of 24 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 24 cities is 29.1°C; Mansa is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 124 mm to 241 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mansa climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Mansa, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 25.2°C18.0°C18.0°C24827.512.713 h
February 25.5°C18.0°C18.0°C21623.912.512 h
March 25.5°C17.9°C17.9°C17622.712.212 h
April 25.4°C17.2°C17.2°C386.611.912 h
May 26.0°C15.9°C15.9°C1.90.411.612 h
June 25.0°C13.8°C13.8°C0.10.011.511 h
July 24.8°C13.2°C13.2°C00.011.512 h
August 27.5°C15.5°C15.5°C0.10.011.712 h
September 30.4°C18.2°C18.2°C1.20.412.012 h
October 31.3°C19.8°C19.8°C183.312.312 h
November, selected 28.7°C19.0°C19.0°C12415.712.613 h
December 25.7°C18.0°C18.0°C24126.312.813 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

Distance from Mansa

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mansa) is explained once on the Mansa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.