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Lusaka in December

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Lusaka is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 65°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 2 minutes.December in Lusaka is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 2 minutes.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
65°F18°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 77% of days
Daylight
13h 02mon average

Is December a good time to visit Lusaka?

December sits outside Lusaka's best months, which run from May to August. Expect warm days and rain on about five days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 82°F in December, against 74°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in December, against 23°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

77% of days in December, against 0% to 88% through the year.

Cloud cover

75% cover in December, against 14% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

13h 02m in December, against 11h 14m to 13h 02m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November88°31°low 67°low 19°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December82°28°low 65°low 18°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. January80°27°low 64°low 18°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Lusaka sits, in December

Africa/Lusaka
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:31 AMsets 6:33 PM
Above the sea
1,280 mupland
Latitude
15.4°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Livingstone374 km south-west

The land around Lusaka, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Zambia in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Lusaka

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lusaka. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.