Climate averages 1991–2020
Mazabuka weather
in December.
A warm, 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 warm month in Mazabuka: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kafue (47 km away). In December its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Mazabuka, with 232 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Mazabuka ranks 3rd of 24 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 26.2°C; Mazabuka is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 169 mm to 201 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
Mazabuka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 201 | 23.9 | 13.013 h |
| February | 26.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 144 | 19.8 | 12.613 h |
| March | 26.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 93 | 14.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 21 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| May | 25.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| June | 23.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 11.211 h |
| July | 23.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| August | 26.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| September | 30.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 13 | 2.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 30.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 74 | 12.5 | 12.813 h |
| December, selected | 27.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 169 | 21.8 | 13.013 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
- Kafue in DecemberZambia · 47 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 232 mm rain
- Namalombwe in DecemberZambia · 70 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Lusaka in DecemberZambia · 76 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 228 mm rain
- Chunga in DecemberZambia · 82 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 192 mm rain
- Madido in DecemberZambia · 87 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 192 mm rain
- Choma in DecemberZambia · 133 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 199 mm rain
- Kabwe in DecemberZambia · 174 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Kapiri Mposhi in DecemberZambia · 232 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.0°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 Mazabuka) is explained once on the Mazabuka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.