Nkhata Bay Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 31°C on December 1 to 29°C on December 31, and lows from 27°C to 26°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 214 mm over about 24 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: 30°C
Average low: 27°C
Precipitation: 214 mm
Reanalysis high: 35°CDec 17, 2001
Reanalysis low: 22°CDec 13, 1994
Daylight: 12 h 46 min to 12 h 48 min
Cloud cover: 72%
Humidity: 64%
Dew point: 21°C
Wind: 14.0 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	31°C	27°C	34°C 1996	25°C 1991	63%
Dec 2	31°C	27°C	35°C 1993	25°C 1991	64%
Dec 3	31°C	27°C	35°C 2001	25°C 2004	66%
Dec 4	31°C	27°C	35°C 2001	25°C 2004	66%
Dec 5	31°C	27°C	34°C 1999	25°C 2004	67%
Dec 6	31°C	27°C	35°C 2005	25°C 2004	68%
Dec 7	31°C	27°C	34°C 2001	24°C 2004	68%
Dec 8	31°C	27°C	35°C 2001	24°C 2016	70%
Dec 9	30°C	27°C	34°C 1993	23°C 2010	71%
Dec 10	30°C	27°C	34°C 1993	25°C 2010	74%
Dec 11	30°C	27°C	35°C 1999	25°C 1994	76%
Dec 12	30°C	27°C	34°C 2005	24°C 1994	78%
Dec 13	30°C	27°C	34°C 2001	22°C 1994	80%
Dec 14	30°C	27°C	34°C 2014	23°C 1994	82%
Dec 15	30°C	27°C	34°C 2001	25°C 2009	83%
Dec 16	30°C	26°C	35°C 2001	25°C 1994	84%
Dec 17	30°C	26°C	35°C 2001	24°C 1996	85%
Dec 18	30°C	26°C	33°C 1998	25°C 2004	85%
Dec 19	30°C	26°C	34°C 1998	24°C 2004	84%
Dec 20	29°C	26°C	34°C 1998	24°C 2004	85%
Dec 21	29°C	26°C	34°C 1998	24°C 2010	86%
Dec 22	29°C	26°C	34°C 1998	24°C 2004	86%
Dec 23	29°C	26°C	33°C 2016	24°C 2009	86%
Dec 24	29°C	26°C	34°C 2005	25°C 1995	85%
Dec 25	29°C	26°C	33°C 2016	25°C 2018	85%
Dec 26	29°C	26°C	33°C 1994	24°C 1991	86%
Dec 27	29°C	26°C	34°C 1994	24°C 1991	86%
Dec 28	29°C	26°C	34°C 1998	25°C 1991	86%
Dec 29	29°C	26°C	33°C 1994	25°C 2004	87%
Dec 30	29°C	26°C	34°C 1993	24°C 2007	87%
Dec 31	29°C	26°C	34°C 1993	24°C 2006	88%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1: sunrise 5:09 AM, sunset 5:55 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:22 AM, sunset 6:10 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 2026-09-27. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.