Mzuzu Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Mzuzu, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 28°C on December 1 to 25°C on December 31, and lows from 19°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 216 mm over about 25 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high: 26°C
Average low: 18°C
Precipitation: 216 mm
Reanalysis high: 34°CDec 3, 2001
Reanalysis low: 15°CDec 17, 1994
Daylight: 12 h 44 min to 12 h 48 min
Cloud cover: 72%
Humidity: 79%
Dew point: 17°C
Wind: 12.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
Dec 1	28°C	19°C	33°C 2001	16°C 1992	66%
Dec 2	28°C	19°C	33°C 2001	17°C 2008	67%
Dec 3	28°C	19°C	34°C 2001	17°C 1991	69%
Dec 4	28°C	19°C	32°C 2001	17°C 2008	70%
Dec 5	27°C	19°C	31°C 2015	18°C 1994	70%
Dec 6	27°C	19°C	32°C 2005	16°C 1992	71%
Dec 7	27°C	19°C	32°C 2001	17°C 2020	72%
Dec 8	27°C	19°C	33°C 2001	17°C 2014	73%
Dec 9	27°C	18°C	33°C 2005	16°C 2010	73%
Dec 10	27°C	18°C	32°C 1993	17°C 2007	75%
Dec 11	27°C	18°C	32°C 1999	17°C 1996	78%
Dec 12	27°C	18°C	30°C 2005	17°C 1994	81%
Dec 13	27°C	18°C	30°C 2014	16°C 1994	82%
Dec 14	26°C	18°C	31°C 2001	16°C 2010	84%
Dec 15	26°C	18°C	32°C 2001	17°C 2009	85%
Dec 16	26°C	18°C	33°C 2001	16°C 1994	85%
Dec 17	26°C	18°C	33°C 2001	15°C 1994	86%
Dec 18	26°C	18°C	31°C 1998	16°C 1994	85%
Dec 19	26°C	18°C	31°C 1998	16°C 1994	85%
Dec 20	26°C	18°C	32°C 1998	16°C 2007	86%
Dec 21	26°C	18°C	32°C 1998	16°C 1991	86%
Dec 22	26°C	18°C	32°C 1998	16°C 1999	86%
Dec 23	26°C	18°C	30°C 2005	16°C 2000	86%
Dec 24	26°C	18°C	31°C 2005	17°C 2004	86%
Dec 25	26°C	18°C	30°C 2016	16°C 2008	86%
Dec 26	26°C	18°C	29°C 1998	16°C 2010	87%
Dec 27	26°C	18°C	30°C 1994	16°C 2009	87%
Dec 28	25°C	18°C	31°C 1994	17°C 2002	87%
Dec 29	25°C	18°C	31°C 2011	17°C 1996	88%
Dec 30	25°C	18°C	31°C 1993	17°C 2006	89%
Dec 31	25°C	18°C	32°C 1993	17°C 1992	90%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

December 1: sunrise 5:11 AM, sunset 5:55 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:23 AM, sunset 6:11 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.