Climate averages 1991–2020
Bulungu weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Bulungu: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 169 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 23 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kikwit (60 km away). In December its highs average 29.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Bulungu, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulungu ranks 11th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 27th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Bulungu is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 169 mm to 142 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
Bulungu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 142 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| February | 31.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 137 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 31.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 156 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 164 | 23.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 85 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 32.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 18 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| July | 33.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 9.0 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 46 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 116 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 192 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 195 | 25.4 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 29.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 169 | 24.8 | 12.412 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
- Kikwit in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 60 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 148 mm rain
- Idiofa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 119 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 161 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 192 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 176 mm rain
- Ilebo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 153 mm rain
- Tshikapa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 320 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Mweka in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 329 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 170 mm rain
- Masina in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 357 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 160 mm rain
- Kinshasa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 366 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 156 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 Bulungu) is explained once on the Bulungu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.