Climate averages 1991–2020
Bégoua 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 Bégoua: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 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 Bangui (11 km away). In December its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Bégoua, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in the Central African Republic, Bégoua ranks joint 3rd of 7 for the warmest December highs and joint 6th of 7 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 7 cities is 32.5°C; Bégoua is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 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
Bégoua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| February | 35.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 25 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 33.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 91 | 13.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 119 | 16.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 123 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 103 | 17.3 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 136 | 21.3 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 190 | 25.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 198 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 212 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 103 | 15.2 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 32.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 17 | 3.0 | 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
- Bangui in DecemberCentral African Republic · 11 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Bimbo in DecemberCentral African Republic · 26 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Gemena in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 191 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Gbadolite in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 274 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Bambari in DecemberCentral African Republic · 278 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Carnot in DecemberCentral African Republic · 299 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Berbérati in DecemberCentral African Republic · 305 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Binga in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 318 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 Bégoua) is explained once on the Bégoua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.