Climate averages 1991–2020
Babamba weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Babamba: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Butembo (201 km away). In December its highs average 22.8°C, 5.2°C cooler than Babamba, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Babamba ranks joint 35th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 15th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Babamba is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 76 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
Babamba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 76 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| February | 30.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 92 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 153 | 21.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 182 | 24.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 177 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| June | 27.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 143 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| July | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 144 | 22.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 192 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 209 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 235 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 207 | 25.1 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 28.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 118 | 19.7 | 12.112 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
- Butembo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 201 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Hyosha in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Kisangani in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Rutshuru in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Isiro in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 288 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Musanze in DecemberRwanda · 304 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Rutoma in DecemberUganda · 333 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Bukavu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 334 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 310 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 Babamba) is explained once on the Babamba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.