Climate averages 1991–2020
Solwezi weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Solwezi: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 162 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes November a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kipushi (104 km away). In November its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Solwezi, with 152 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Solwezi ranks 22nd of 24 for the warmest November highs and 23rd of 24 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 24 cities is 29.1°C; Solwezi is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 162 mm to 278 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
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, selected | 27.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 162 | 20.7 | 12.713 h |
| December | 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
November in nearby cities
- Kipushi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 104 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 152 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Likasi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 137 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 145 mm rain
- Kambove in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 146 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in NovemberZambia · 157 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Chingola in NovemberZambia · 167 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Kolwezi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 158 mm rain
- Kalulushi in NovemberZambia · 200 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 124 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.