Climate averages 1991–2020
Bouar weather
in December.
A hot, very 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 Bouar: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Carnot (115 km away). In December its highs average 33.2°C, 1.8°C warmer than Bouar, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in the Central African Republic, Bouar ranks 6th of 7 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 7 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 7 cities is 32.5°C; Bouar is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.6 mm to 2.1 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
Bouar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 9.2 | 1.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 67 | 11.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 183 | 22.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 200 | 24.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 26.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 174 | 24.2 | 12.512 h |
| July | 25.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 185 | 25.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 25.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 246 | 27.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 26.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 275 | 27.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 214 | 25.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 40 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 31.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 2.6 | 0.4 | 11.812 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
- Carnot in DecemberCentral African Republic · 115 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Berbérati in DecemberCentral African Republic · 187 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Bertoua in DecemberCameroon · 260 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in DecemberCameroon · 271 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Moundou in DecemberChad · 298 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Doba in DecemberChad · 334 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Bimbo in DecemberCentral African Republic · 364 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Bégoua in DecemberCentral African Republic · 365 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 17 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 Bouar) is explained once on the Bouar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.