Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakonde weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th 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 Nakonde: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 249 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 12 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tunduma (5 km away). In December its highs average 24.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Nakonde, with 249 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Nakonde ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest December highs and joint 16th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 26.2°C; Nakonde is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 249 mm to 277 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
Nakonde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 277 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 23.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 221 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 248 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 120 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 14 | 3.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 23.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 22.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 20 | 4.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 110 | 14.5 | 12.513 h |
| December, selected | 24.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 249 | 25.2 | 12.713 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
- Tunduma in DecemberTanzania · 5 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 249 mm rain
- Vwawa in DecemberTanzania · 33 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 224 mm rain
- Katumba in DecemberTanzania · 96 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 400 mm rain
- Kasama in DecemberZambia · 197 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 267 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in DecemberTanzania · 197 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 282 mm rain
- Njombe in DecemberTanzania · 222 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Makumbako in DecemberTanzania · 236 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 162 mm rain
- Mzuzu in DecemberMalawi · 274 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 246 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 Nakonde) is explained once on the Nakonde year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.