Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbanza Kongo weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Mbanza Kongo: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 201 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kimpese (81 km away). In December its highs average 29.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Mbanza Kongo, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Mbanza Kongo ranks 18th of 47 for the warmest December highs and 31st of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Mbanza Kongo is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 201 mm to 154 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
Mbanza Kongo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 154 | 21.6 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 127 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 152 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 229 | 24.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 90 | 14.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 11 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 91 | 15.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 207 | 24.2 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 201 | 24.4 | 12.512 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
- Kimpese in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 81 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Matadi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 205 mm rain
- Boma in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 139 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 187 mm rain
- Inkisi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 155 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 179 mm rain
- Uíge in DecemberAngola · 175 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 266 mm rain
- Negage in DecemberAngola · 201 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 252 mm rain
- Soyo in DecemberAngola · 207 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 79 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 Mbanza Kongo) is explained once on the Mbanza Kongo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.