Climate averages 1991–2020
Basoko weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 Basoko: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bumba (166 km away). In December its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Basoko, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Basoko ranks 10th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Basoko is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 54 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
Basoko climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 54 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 32.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 79 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| March | 31.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 134 | 18.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 142 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 110 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 92 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| July | 29.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 102 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| August | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 132 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 144 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 172 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 149 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 30.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 78 | 14.4 | 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
- Bumba in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 166 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Kisangani in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Buta in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Lisala in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Binga in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 369 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Gbadolite in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 446 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Babamba in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 446 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Isiro in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 476 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 58 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 Basoko) is explained once on the Basoko year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.