Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabinda weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Cabinda: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 198 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo (45 km away). In December its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Cabinda, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cabinda ranks 20th of 47 for the warmest December highs and joint 29th of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Cabinda is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 198 mm to 190 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cabinda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 190 | 23.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 172 | 21.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 169 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 187 | 23.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 70 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| June | 25.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 1.1 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| August | 24.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| September | 25.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 9.0 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 56 | 12.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 178 | 23.5 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 27.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 198 | 24.7 | 12.412 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 45 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Soyo in DecemberAngola · 67 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in DecemberRepublic of the Congo · 95 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 135 mm rain
- Boma in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 100 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 187 mm rain
- Matadi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 144 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Dolisie in DecemberRepublic of the Congo · 160 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 258 mm rain
- Nkayi in DecemberRepublic of the Congo · 195 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 175 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in DecemberAngola · 239 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 201 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cabinda) is explained once on the Cabinda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.