Manyama weather in December

In December, Manyama sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 270 mm of rain across 28.6 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-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 3% of the time in December, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of December to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Manyama's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Manyama's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 270 mm; 28.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 5:51 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover: 86%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; 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 Manyama reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 9°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 about 2°C cooler than 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)	27	27	27	27	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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Manyama weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 18°	265	28.6	12.6	3.7
Feb	26° / 17°	226	24.5	12.4	3.9
Mar	27° / 17°	208	24	12.1	4.4
Apr	27° / 17°	50	8.2	11.7	6.7
May	27° / 15°	3	0.6	11.4	8.3
Jun	26° / 13°	0	0.1	11.3	9.0
Jul	26° / 13°	0	0	11.3	9.1
Aug	29° / 15°	0	0	11.6	7.6
Sep	31° / 18°	4	0.9	11.9	5.5
Oct	31° / 19°	40	7.1	12.3	4.6
Nov	28° / 18°	181	22.6	12.6	4.1
Dec	26° / 17°	270	28.6	12.7	3.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

	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 (%)	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Cloudier (%)	86	87	87	87	87	88	89	90	90	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	12	88
7	11	89
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	8	92
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Manyama gets around 270 mm of rain over 28.6 wet days in December, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 92% and peaks near 94% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	89	90	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	91
6	91
7	92
8	92
9	93
10	93
11	93
12	94
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	93
18	93
19	93
20	93
21	93
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	92
31	92

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the humid band about 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 14% 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 (%)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Humid (%)	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	84	84	82	82	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	82
Muggy (%)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	85	12
2	3	85	12
3	3	85	12
4	2	86	12
5	2	86	12
6	2	86	12
7	2	86	12
8	1	87	12
9	1	87	12
10	1	87	12
11	1	86	13
12	1	86	13
13	1	86	13
14	1	86	13
15	1	85	14
16	1	85	14
17	1	85	14
18	1	84	15
19	1	84	15
20	2	82	16
21	2	82	16
22	2	81	17
23	2	81	17
24	2	81	17
25	1	82	17
26	1	82	17
27	1	82	17
28	1	82	17
29	1	82	17
30	1	82	17
31	1	82	17

Wind in December

Winds average 6 km/h in December, the calmest month.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of December to 12 h 42 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 5:46 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:41 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)	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58
Sunset (PM)	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	5:46	6:27
2	12.7	5:46	6:27
3	12.7	5:47	6:28
4	12.7	5:47	6:28
5	12.7	5:47	6:29
6	12.7	5:48	6:29
7	12.7	5:48	6:30
8	12.7	5:48	6:30
9	12.7	5:48	6:31
10	12.7	5:49	6:31
11	12.7	5:49	6:32
12	12.7	5:50	6:32
13	12.7	5:50	6:33
14	12.7	5:50	6:33
15	12.7	5:51	6:34
16	12.7	5:51	6:34
17	12.7	5:52	6:35
18	12.7	5:52	6:35
19	12.7	5:52	6:36
20	12.7	5:53	6:36
21	12.7	5:53	6:37
22	12.7	5:54	6:37
23	12.7	5:54	6:38
24	12.7	5:55	6:38
25	12.7	5:55	6:39
26	12.7	5:56	6:39
27	12.7	5:56	6:40
28	12.7	5:57	6:40
29	12.7	5:57	6:40
30	12.7	5:58	6:41
31	12.7	5:58	6:41

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.01 kWh/m² to a high of 6.75 kWh/m² in September across the year — December's 5.17 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Manyama

In seasonPeak

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

Manyama's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Manyama?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Manyama.

What to pack for Manyama in December

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

In December, Manyama sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 29 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Manyama 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 Manyama peaks around January 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 9 (very 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)	17	15	15	13	10	9	10	10	12	12	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Manyama 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 Manyama is worst in August — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 10.5× the cleanest month (April, 8 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)	10	10	8	8	9	26	60	80	52	28	12	8
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	8	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	26	Moderate
Jul	60	Unhealthy
Aug	80	Unhealthy
Sep	52	Poor
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Manyama?

Manyama sits at 12.3°S, 25.8°E, 1,420 m above sea level, in Zambia. The nearest listed city is Chisasa, 45 km away.

Topography around Manyama

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Manyama has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 302 m around an average of 1,378 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 302 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 543 m.

The land around Manyama is covered by grassland (30%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, trees (67%) within 16 km, and trees (82%) within 80 km.

3 km

302 m

grassland 30%

16 km

302 m

trees 67%

80 km

543 m

trees 82%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

December weather nearby: Chisasa 45 km · Solwezi 61 km · Kansanshi 67 km · Kasempa 127 km · Mufumbwe 129 km · Kipushi 165 km · Mwinilunga 167 km · Likasi 177 km

Zambia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 30% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,318; 2025
Happiness: 4.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 5.2; per 100k, 2015
Road deaths: 20.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 573
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 Manyama (-12.3148°, 25.8486°, elevation 1,420 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	27	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	26	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
9	26	17
10	26	17
11	26	17
12	26	17
13	26	17
14	26	17
15	26	17
16	26	17
17	26	17
18	26	17
19	26	17
20	26	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17
31	26	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	12	88
7	11	89
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	8	92
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	91
6	91
7	92
8	92
9	93
10	93
11	93
12	94
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	93
18	93
19	93
20	93
21	93
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	92
31	92

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	85	12
2	3	85	12
3	3	85	12
4	2	86	12
5	2	86	12
6	2	86	12
7	2	86	12
8	1	87	12
9	1	87	12
10	1	87	12
11	1	86	13
12	1	86	13
13	1	86	13
14	1	86	13
15	1	85	14
16	1	85	14
17	1	85	14
18	1	84	15
19	1	84	15
20	2	82	16
21	2	82	16
22	2	81	17
23	2	81	17
24	2	81	17
25	1	82	17
26	1	82	17
27	1	82	17
28	1	82	17
29	1	82	17
30	1	82	17
31	1	82	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	12	88
7	11	89
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	8	92
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	91
6	91
7	92
8	92
9	93
10	93
11	93
12	94
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	93
18	93
19	93
20	93
21	93
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	92
31	92

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	85	12
2	3	85	12
3	3	85	12
4	2	86	12
5	2	86	12
6	2	86	12
7	2	86	12
8	1	87	12
9	1	87	12
10	1	87	12
11	1	86	13
12	1	86	13
13	1	86	13
14	1	86	13
15	1	85	14
16	1	85	14
17	1	85	14
18	1	84	15
19	1	84	15
20	2	82	16
21	2	82	16
22	2	81	17
23	2	81	17
24	2	81	17
25	1	82	17
26	1	82	17
27	1	82	17
28	1	82	17
29	1	82	17
30	1	82	17
31	1	82	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	12	88
7	11	89
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	8	92
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	91
6	91
7	92
8	92
9	93
10	93
11	93
12	94
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	93
18	93
19	93
20	93
21	93
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	92
31	92

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	85	12
2	3	85	12
3	3	85	12
4	2	86	12
5	2	86	12
6	2	86	12
7	2	86	12
8	1	87	12
9	1	87	12
10	1	87	12
11	1	86	13
12	1	86	13
13	1	86	13
14	1	86	13
15	1	85	14
16	1	85	14
17	1	85	14
18	1	84	15
19	1	84	15
20	2	82	16
21	2	82	16
22	2	81	17
23	2	81	17
24	2	81	17
25	1	82	17
26	1	82	17
27	1	82	17
28	1	82	17
29	1	82	17
30	1	82	17
31	1	82	17