Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakonde weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Nakonde: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes November a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tunduma (5 km away). In November its highs average 26.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Nakonde, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Nakonde ranks 23rd of 24 for the warmest November highs and 13th of 24 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 24 cities is 29.1°C; Nakonde is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 249 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
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, selected | 27.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 110 | 14.5 | 12.513 h |
| December | 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
November in nearby cities
- Tunduma in NovemberTanzania · 5 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Vwawa in NovemberTanzania · 33 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Katumba in NovemberTanzania · 96 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Kasama in NovemberZambia · 197 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in NovemberTanzania · 197 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Njombe in NovemberTanzania · 222 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Makumbako in NovemberTanzania · 236 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Mzuzu in NovemberMalawi · 274 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 104 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.