Climate averages 1991–2020
Mongu 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 Mongu: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes November a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Livingstone (409 km away). In November its highs average 32.1°C, 1.3°C warmer than Mongu, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Mongu ranks 3rd of 24 for the warmest November highs and 20th of 24 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 24 cities is 29.1°C; Mongu is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 131 mm to 232 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
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, selected | 30.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 131 | 18.8 | 12.813 h |
| December | 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
November in nearby cities
- Livingstone in NovemberZambia · 409 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Choma in NovemberZambia · 448 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Rundu in NovemberNamibia · 465 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Tshilenge in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 477 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 233 mm rain
- Solwezi in NovemberZambia · 491 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 162 mm rain
- Mazabuka in NovemberZambia · 500 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Luena in NovemberAngola · 519 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Maun in NovemberBotswana · 527 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 55 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.