Climate averages 1991–2020
Bangui weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Bangui: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bégoua (11 km away). In December its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Bangui, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in the Central African Republic, Bangui ranks joint 3rd of 7 for the warmest December highs and joint 4th of 7 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 7 cities is 32.5°C; Bangui is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 11 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
Bangui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 11 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| February | 35.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 25 | 4.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 88 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 111 | 15.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 31.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 104 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 86 | 15.6 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 109 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| August | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 157 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 158 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 189 | 25.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 103 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 32.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 16 | 3.4 | 11.912 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
- Bégoua in DecemberCentral African Republic · 11 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Bimbo in DecemberCentral African Republic · 19 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Gemena in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 183 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Gbadolite in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Bambari in DecemberCentral African Republic · 282 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Carnot in DecemberCentral African Republic · 304 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Berbérati in DecemberCentral African Republic · 307 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Binga in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 309 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 57 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 Bangui) is explained once on the Bangui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Bimbo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.