Climate averages 1991–2020
Solwezi weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 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 Solwezi: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 278 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kipushi (104 km away). In December its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Solwezi, with 255 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Solwezi ranks 23rd of 24 for the warmest December highs and 24th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 26.2°C; Solwezi is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 278 mm to 280 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
Solwezi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 280 | 28.0 | 12.713 h |
| February | 25.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 235 | 24.8 | 12.512 h |
| March | 25.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 209 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 48 | 8.0 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 11.612 h |
| June | 25.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 25.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| August | 28.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 31 | 5.8 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 162 | 20.7 | 12.713 h |
| December, selected | 25.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 278 | 28.3 | 12.813 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
- Kipushi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 104 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 255 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Likasi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 137 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 234 mm rain
- Kambove in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 146 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 239 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in DecemberZambia · 157 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 266 mm rain
- Chingola in DecemberZambia · 167 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 249 mm rain
- Kolwezi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 195 mm rain
- Kalulushi in DecemberZambia · 200 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 253 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 Solwezi) is explained once on the Solwezi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.