Climate averages 1991–2020
Bakwa 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 Bakwa: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Isiro (152 km away). In December its highs average 29.1°C, 2.3°C cooler than Bakwa, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bakwa ranks 2nd of 60 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Bakwa is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 17 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
Bakwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 17 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| February | 34.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 30 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 99 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 180 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 155 | 22.8 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 132 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 135 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 166 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 175 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 223 | 27.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 118 | 17.7 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 31.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 22 | 4.3 | 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
- Isiro in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 152 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Buta in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Yei in DecemberSouth Sudan · 364 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Wau in DecemberSouth Sudan · 403 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Arua in DecemberUganda · 409 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Bunia in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 427 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Babamba in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 439 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Hyosha in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 448 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 61 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 Bakwa) is explained once on the Bakwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.