Cazombo weather in December

In December, Cazombo sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 189 mm of rain across 23.7 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of December to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Cazombo's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cazombo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 189 mm; 23.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 5:39 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover: 83%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.99 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical December day in Cazombo reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	19
2	26	19
3	26	19
4	26	19
5	26	19
6	26	19
7	26	19
8	26	19
9	26	19
10	26	19
11	26	19
12	26	19
13	26	19
14	26	19
15	26	19
16	26	19
17	26	19
18	26	19
19	26	19
20	26	19
21	26	19
22	26	19
23	26	19
24	26	19
25	26	19
26	26	19
27	26	19
28	26	19
29	26	19
30	26	19
31	26	19

Cazombo weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 19°	128	19.8	12.5	4.9
Feb	27° / 19°	118	16.3	12.3	5.0
Mar	27° / 19°	210	23.1	12.1	4.3
Apr	28° / 19°	253	25	11.8	4.0
May	28° / 18°	59	9.1	11.6	6.1
Jun	29° / 16°	3	0.5	11.5	7.6
Jul	28° / 15°	1	0.2	11.5	7.9
Aug	27° / 16°	10	2.5	11.7	7.8
Sep	27° / 17°	64	16.7	11.9	5.5
Oct	27° / 18°	182	26.6	12.2	3.9
Nov	26° / 19°	266	25.9	12.4	3.9
Dec	26° / 19°	189	23.7	12.5	4.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 90%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Cloudier (%)	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	88

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	12	88

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Cazombo gets around 189 mm of rain over 23.7 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 76% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	83	83	82	82	82	81	80	80	79	78	77	77	76	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	72	72	71	71	71	70	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	82
4	82
5	82
6	81
7	80
8	80
9	79
10	78
11	77
12	77
13	76
14	75
15	75
16	75
17	74
18	74
19	74
20	74
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	72
26	72
27	71
28	71
29	71
30	70
31	70

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the muggy band about 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 76% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Humid (%)	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	28
Muggy (%)	82	82	82	82	81	81	80	79	79	78	77	77	77	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	73	73	72	72	71	71	71	71

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	18	82
2	0	18	82
3	0	18	82
4	0	18	82
5	0	19	81
6	0	19	81
7	0	20	80
8	0	21	79
9	0	21	79
10	0	22	78
11	0	23	77
12	0	23	77
13	0	23	77
14	0	24	76
15	0	24	76
16	0	24	76
17	1	24	75
18	1	24	75
19	1	24	75
20	1	24	75
21	1	25	74
22	1	25	74
23	1	25	74
24	1	26	73
25	1	26	73
26	1	27	72
27	1	27	72
28	1	28	71
29	1	28	71
30	1	28	71
31	1	28	71

Wind in December

Winds average 5 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of December to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:17 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:34	6:02
2	12.5	5:34	6:03
3	12.5	5:35	6:03
4	12.5	5:35	6:04
5	12.5	5:35	6:04
6	12.5	5:36	6:05
7	12.5	5:36	6:05
8	12.5	5:36	6:06
9	12.5	5:37	6:06
10	12.5	5:37	6:07
11	12.5	5:37	6:07
12	12.5	5:38	6:08
13	12.5	5:38	6:08
14	12.5	5:39	6:09
15	12.5	5:39	6:09
16	12.5	5:39	6:10
17	12.5	5:40	6:10
18	12.5	5:40	6:11
19	12.5	5:41	6:11
20	12.5	5:41	6:12
21	12.5	5:42	6:12
22	12.5	5:42	6:13
23	12.5	5:43	6:13
24	12.5	5:43	6:14
25	12.5	5:44	6:14
26	12.5	5:44	6:15
27	12.5	5:45	6:15
28	12.5	5:45	6:15
29	12.5	5:46	6:16
30	12.5	5:46	6:16
31	12.5	5:47	6:17

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.77 kWh/m² to a high of 5.56 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 4.99 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Cazombo

In seasonPeak

In December, Cazombo sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Cazombo's rainy season runs October–January, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Cazombo?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.4

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Cazombo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cazombo in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Cazombo sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

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UV index in Cazombo in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cazombo peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 14 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	15	15	14	10	9	8	7	10	13	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Cazombo in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Cazombo is worst in June — around 123 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.3× the cleanest month (December, 17 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	17	19	19	18	35	123	106	45	49	29	17	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	19	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	35	Moderate
Jun	123	Unhealthy
Jul	106	Unhealthy
Aug	45	Poor
Sep	49	Poor
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Cazombo?

Cazombo sits at 8.7°S, 15.4°E, 997 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Nzagi, 39 km away.

Topography around Cazombo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Cazombo.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cazombo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 273 m around an average of 946 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 760 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,204 m.

The land around Cazombo is covered by grassland (53%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

273 m

grassland 53%

16 km

760 m

grassland 58%

80 km

1,204 m

grassland 58%

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← November Cazombo year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Nzagi 39 km · Camabatela 60 km · Lucala 62 km · Bula Atumba 63 km · Golungo Alto 80 km · N'dalatando 81 km · Cacuso 87 km · Pango Aluquém 100 km

Angola travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 35% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,129; 2025
Happiness: 3.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2017
Homicide rate: 4.1; per 100k, 2016
Road deaths: 26.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 413
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Cazombo (-8.732°, 15.3712°, elevation 997 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	19
2	26	19
3	26	19
4	26	19
5	26	19
6	26	19
7	26	19
8	26	19
9	26	19
10	26	19
11	26	19
12	26	19
13	26	19
14	26	19
15	26	19
16	26	19
17	26	19
18	26	19
19	26	19
20	26	19
21	26	19
22	26	19
23	26	19
24	26	19
25	26	19
26	26	19
27	26	19
28	26	19
29	26	19
30	26	19
31	26	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	82
4	82
5	82
6	81
7	80
8	80
9	79
10	78
11	77
12	77
13	76
14	75
15	75
16	75
17	74
18	74
19	74
20	74
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	72
26	72
27	71
28	71
29	71
30	70
31	70

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	18	82
2	0	18	82
3	0	18	82
4	0	18	82
5	0	19	81
6	0	19	81
7	0	20	80
8	0	21	79
9	0	21	79
10	0	22	78
11	0	23	77
12	0	23	77
13	0	23	77
14	0	24	76
15	0	24	76
16	0	24	76
17	1	24	75
18	1	24	75
19	1	24	75
20	1	24	75
21	1	25	74
22	1	25	74
23	1	25	74
24	1	26	73
25	1	26	73
26	1	27	72
27	1	27	72
28	1	28	71
29	1	28	71
30	1	28	71
31	1	28	71

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	19
2	26	19
3	26	19
4	26	19
5	26	19
6	26	19
7	26	19
8	26	19
9	26	19
10	26	19
11	26	19
12	26	19
13	26	19
14	26	19
15	26	19
16	26	19
17	26	19
18	26	19
19	26	19
20	26	19
21	26	19
22	26	19
23	26	19
24	26	19
25	26	19
26	26	19
27	26	19
28	26	19
29	26	19
30	26	19
31	26	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	82
4	82
5	82
6	81
7	80
8	80
9	79
10	78
11	77
12	77
13	76
14	75
15	75
16	75
17	74
18	74
19	74
20	74
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	72
26	72
27	71
28	71
29	71
30	70
31	70

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	18	82
2	0	18	82
3	0	18	82
4	0	18	82
5	0	19	81
6	0	19	81
7	0	20	80
8	0	21	79
9	0	21	79
10	0	22	78
11	0	23	77
12	0	23	77
13	0	23	77
14	0	24	76
15	0	24	76
16	0	24	76
17	1	24	75
18	1	24	75
19	1	24	75
20	1	24	75
21	1	25	74
22	1	25	74
23	1	25	74
24	1	26	73
25	1	26	73
26	1	27	72
27	1	27	72
28	1	28	71
29	1	28	71
30	1	28	71
31	1	28	71

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	19
2	26	19
3	26	19
4	26	19
5	26	19
6	26	19
7	26	19
8	26	19
9	26	19
10	26	19
11	26	19
12	26	19
13	26	19
14	26	19
15	26	19
16	26	19
17	26	19
18	26	19
19	26	19
20	26	19
21	26	19
22	26	19
23	26	19
24	26	19
25	26	19
26	26	19
27	26	19
28	26	19
29	26	19
30	26	19
31	26	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	82
4	82
5	82
6	81
7	80
8	80
9	79
10	78
11	77
12	77
13	76
14	75
15	75
16	75
17	74
18	74
19	74
20	74
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	72
26	72
27	71
28	71
29	71
30	70
31	70

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	18	82
2	0	18	82
3	0	18	82
4	0	18	82
5	0	19	81
6	0	19	81
7	0	20	80
8	0	21	79
9	0	21	79
10	0	22	78
11	0	23	77
12	0	23	77
13	0	23	77
14	0	24	76
15	0	24	76
16	0	24	76
17	1	24	75
18	1	24	75
19	1	24	75
20	1	24	75
21	1	25	74
22	1	25	74
23	1	25	74
24	1	26	73
25	1	26	73
26	1	27	72
27	1	27	72
28	1	28	71
29	1	28	71
30	1	28	71
31	1	28	71