Climate averages 1991–2020
Mongu weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th 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 Mongu: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 232 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Livingstone (409 km away). In December its highs average 29.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Mongu, with 181 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Mongu ranks 2nd of 24 for the warmest December highs and joint 11th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 26.2°C; Mongu is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 232 mm to 262 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
Mongu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 262 | 24.9 | 12.913 h |
| February | 27.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 217 | 22.0 | 12.613 h |
| March | 27.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 149 | 18.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 26 | 4.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 28.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| June | 26.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.211 h |
| July | 26.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| August | 30.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| September | 33.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 3.0 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 34.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 24 | 5.0 | 12.412 h |
| November | 30.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 131 | 18.8 | 12.813 h |
| December, selected | 27.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 232 | 25.0 | 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
- Livingstone in DecemberZambia · 409 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 181 mm rain
- Choma in DecemberZambia · 448 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 199 mm rain
- Rundu in DecemberNamibia · 465 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 122 mm rain
- Tshilenge in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 477 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 286 mm rain
- Solwezi in DecemberZambia · 491 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 278 mm rain
- Mazabuka in DecemberZambia · 500 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 169 mm rain
- Luena in DecemberAngola · 519 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 224 mm rain
- Maun in DecemberBotswana · 527 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 101 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 Mongu) is explained once on the Mongu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.