Climate averages 1991–2020
Bandundu Province weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: one of the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Bandundu Province: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 176 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulungu (192 km away). In December its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Bandundu Province, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bandundu Province ranks joint 14th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 33rd of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Bandundu Province is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 176 mm to 131 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
Bandundu Province climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 131 | 20.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 133 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 154 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 167 | 22.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 104 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 31.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 23 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 32.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 12 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 43 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 99 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 178 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 186 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 176 | 24.8 | 12.312 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
- Bulungu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 192 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 169 mm rain
- Kikwit in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 148 mm rain
- Masina in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 251 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 160 mm rain
- Kinshasa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 255 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 156 mm rain
- Brazzaville in DecemberRepublic of the Congo · 256 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 156 mm rain
- Idiofa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 306 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 161 mm rain
- Inkisi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 328 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 179 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 353 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 205 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 Bandundu Province) is explained once on the Bandundu Province year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.