Hwange Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 33°C on December 1 to 31°C on December 31, and lows from 21°C to 20°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 128 mm over about 20 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: 32°C
Average low: 20°C
Precipitation: 128 mm
Reanalysis high: 41°CDec 2, 2016
Reanalysis low: 14°CDec 27, 1992
Daylight: 13 h 09 min to 13 h 13 min
Cloud cover: 72%
Humidity: 64%
Dew point: 17°C
Wind: 11.9 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	33°C	21°C	39°C 2016	16°C 1992	56%
Dec 2	33°C	21°C	41°C 2016	18°C 1992	57%
Dec 3	33°C	21°C	39°C 1992	15°C 2003	59%
Dec 4	33°C	21°C	40°C 1992	17°C 2003	60%
Dec 5	33°C	21°C	39°C 1992	16°C 1998	62%
Dec 6	33°C	20°C	38°C 2014	17°C 2000	62%
Dec 7	32°C	20°C	38°C 2003	18°C 1998	62%
Dec 8	32°C	20°C	39°C 2003	19°C 2010	64%
Dec 9	32°C	20°C	38°C 1997	17°C 2017	64%
Dec 10	32°C	20°C	39°C 1997	18°C 2010	65%
Dec 11	32°C	20°C	39°C 1997	18°C 2010	65%
Dec 12	32°C	20°C	38°C 1997	17°C 2004	65%
Dec 13	32°C	20°C	38°C 1997	17°C 1994	66%
Dec 14	32°C	20°C	39°C 1997	15°C 1993	67%
Dec 15	32°C	20°C	39°C 1997	15°C 1993	67%
Dec 16	32°C	20°C	37°C 1997	17°C 1993	67%
Dec 17	32°C	20°C	40°C 1997	16°C 1999	66%
Dec 18	32°C	20°C	41°C 1994	17°C 1999	66%
Dec 19	32°C	20°C	40°C 1994	17°C 2011	65%
Dec 20	32°C	20°C	39°C 1994	16°C 2007	65%
Dec 21	32°C	20°C	39°C 1994	18°C 2011	65%
Dec 22	32°C	20°C	38°C 1994	18°C 2012	66%
Dec 23	32°C	20°C	38°C 1994	17°C 2013	67%
Dec 24	31°C	20°C	39°C 2006	17°C 2013	68%
Dec 25	31°C	20°C	39°C 2019	16°C 1992	68%
Dec 26	31°C	20°C	39°C 2019	15°C 1992	69%
Dec 27	31°C	20°C	39°C 2019	14°C 1992	69%
Dec 28	31°C	20°C	37°C 1997	16°C 1992	68%
Dec 29	31°C	20°C	36°C 2019	18°C 1992	67%
Dec 30	31°C	20°C	37°C 2019	17°C 2007	67%
Dec 31	31°C	20°C	39°C 2019	17°C 2007	67%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1: sunrise 5:29 AM, sunset 6:38 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:40 AM, sunset 6:53 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.