Climate averages 1991–2020
Buta weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th 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 Buta: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Basoko (212 km away). In December its highs average 30.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Buta, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Buta ranks 3rd of 60 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Buta is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 33 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
Buta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 33.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 60 | 9.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 129 | 16.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 143 | 19.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 125 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 108 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| July | 29.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 99 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| August | 28.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 135 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 139 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 169 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 140 | 21.3 | 12.012 h |
| December, selected | 30.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 43 | 9.0 | 12.012 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
- Basoko in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Kisangani in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Bumba in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 260 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Isiro in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 321 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Bakwa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Lisala in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Babamba in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 421 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Gbadolite in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 446 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 20 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 Buta) is explained once on the Buta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.