Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukavu weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Bukavu: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 310 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uvira (106 km away). In December its highs average 26.9°C, 3.0°C warmer than Bukavu, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukavu ranks joint 58th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 60th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Bukavu is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 310 mm to 302 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
Bukavu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 302 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| February | 24.7°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 229 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 24.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 225 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 202 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 93 | 13.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 24 | 4.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 25.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 8.9 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| August | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 26 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| September | 25.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 85 | 10.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 239 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 24.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 310 | 25.0 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 23.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 310 | 25.1 | 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
- Uvira in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 156 mm rain
- Muhanga in DecemberRwanda · 109 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Gitarama in DecemberRwanda · 112 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Bujumbura in DecemberBurundi · 115 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 156 mm rain
- Musanze in DecemberRwanda · 141 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Kigali in DecemberRwanda · 148 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Gitega in DecemberBurundi · 159 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Rutshuru in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 160 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 201 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 Bukavu) is explained once on the Bukavu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.