Climate averages 1991–2020
Baudhuinville weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Baudhuinville: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 216 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalemie (140 km away). In December its highs average 26.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Baudhuinville, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Baudhuinville ranks 54th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 48th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Baudhuinville is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 216 mm to 183 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
Baudhuinville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 183 | 26.7 | 12.512 h |
| February | 26.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 140 | 23.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 25.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 208 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 175 | 21.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 45 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| June | 26.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 3.4 | 0.9 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.5°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 3.4 | 0.7 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 12 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 73 | 14.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 175 | 23.6 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 25.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 216 | 28.0 | 12.513 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
- Kalemie in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 140 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 123 mm rain
- Mpanda in DecemberTanzania · 169 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.3°C · 165 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in DecemberTanzania · 229 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 282 mm rain
- Kalima in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 245 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 223 mm rain
- Kigoma in DecemberTanzania · 246 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 298 mm rain
- Manono in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 259 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 209 mm rain
- Nchelenge in DecemberZambia · 275 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 246 mm rain
- Kasulu in DecemberTanzania · 282 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 257 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 Baudhuinville) is explained once on the Baudhuinville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.