Chitipa Weather in December
Chitipa in December
The short of it: Chitipa in December averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 17 °C (62 °F), with 217 mm (8.5 in) of rain and about 12 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 17° · rain 217 mm · daylight 12 h 41 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Chitipa an average December high of 26°, a low of 17° and some 217 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 26°, nights near 17°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 217 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 41 min in mid-December.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Chitipa runs cooler than most and about as wet in December. Itumba, 35 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
December in Chitipa, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 130 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h