Climate averages 1991–2020
Nchelenge weather
in November.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Nchelenge: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 189 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 9th 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 Mansa (207 km away). In November its highs average 28.7°C, 2.4°C warmer than Nchelenge, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Nchelenge ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest November highs and 24th of 24 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 24 cities is 29.1°C; Nchelenge is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 189 mm to 246 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
Nchelenge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 211 | 27.1 | 12.613 h |
| February | 26.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 183 | 22.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 25.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 253 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 132 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| May | 26.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 10 | 2.1 | 11.712 h |
| June | 25.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 26.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 28.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 5.0 | 1.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 59 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| November, selected | 26.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 189 | 23.1 | 12.513 h |
| December | 25.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 246 | 28.8 | 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
- Mansa in NovemberZambia · 207 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 124 mm rain
- Mulongo in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 200 mm rain
- Manono in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 271 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 194 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 275 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 175 mm rain
- Likasi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 284 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 145 mm rain
- Kasama in NovemberZambia · 285 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Kambove in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 289 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 292 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 130 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 Nchelenge) is explained once on the Nchelenge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.