Mpika Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Mpika, 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 17°C to 17°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 257 mm over about 28 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: 17°C
Precipitation: 257 mm
Reanalysis high: 34°CDec 2, 2001
Reanalysis low: 13°CDec 17, 1994
Daylight: 12 h 46 min to 12 h 48 min
Cloud cover: 85%
Humidity: 79%
Dew point: 17°C
Wind: 11.5 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	17°C	34°C 2001	13°C 1992	76%
Dec 2	28°C	17°C	34°C 2001	15°C 2008	78%
Dec 3	27°C	17°C	33°C 2001	15°C 2008	80%
Dec 4	27°C	17°C	32°C 2012	16°C 1993	81%
Dec 5	27°C	17°C	33°C 1999	15°C 1998	82%
Dec 6	27°C	17°C	33°C 1999	16°C 2009	84%
Dec 7	27°C	17°C	33°C 1999	16°C 2000	85%
Dec 8	27°C	17°C	33°C 1999	15°C 2012	87%
Dec 9	27°C	17°C	33°C 1999	16°C 2010	88%
Dec 10	26°C	17°C	34°C 1999	15°C 2007	88%
Dec 11	26°C	17°C	32°C 1999	16°C 2009	89%
Dec 12	26°C	17°C	29°C 2005	15°C 1994	90%
Dec 13	26°C	17°C	30°C 2014	14°C 1994	91%
Dec 14	26°C	17°C	30°C 2014	15°C 1994	91%
Dec 15	26°C	17°C	29°C 2001	14°C 2010	91%
Dec 16	26°C	17°C	30°C 1998	15°C 2009	92%
Dec 17	26°C	17°C	31°C 1998	13°C 1994	92%
Dec 18	25°C	17°C	32°C 1998	15°C 1994	92%
Dec 19	25°C	17°C	32°C 1998	15°C 1994	92%
Dec 20	25°C	17°C	32°C 1998	16°C 1994	92%
Dec 21	25°C	17°C	33°C 1998	14°C 1999	92%
Dec 22	25°C	17°C	30°C 1999	14°C 2004	92%
Dec 23	25°C	17°C	29°C 1994	16°C 1995	92%
Dec 24	25°C	17°C	31°C 1994	16°C 1999	92%
Dec 25	25°C	17°C	29°C 2016	15°C 2006	93%
Dec 26	25°C	17°C	29°C 1999	15°C 1996	93%
Dec 27	25°C	17°C	31°C 1999	15°C 2008	93%
Dec 28	25°C	17°C	32°C 1994	15°C 2010	94%
Dec 29	25°C	17°C	31°C 1994	16°C 1996	94%
Dec 30	25°C	17°C	29°C 1993	16°C 2006	95%
Dec 31	25°C	17°C	30°C 1993	15°C 2017	95%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1: sunrise 5:20 AM, sunset 6:06 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:33 AM, sunset 6:21 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.