Climate averages 1991–2020
Gandajika weather
in December.
A hot, 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 hot month in Gandajika: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwene-Ditu (63 km away). In December its highs average 27.4°C, 1.0°C cooler than Gandajika, with 192 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gandajika ranks joint 29th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 34th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Gandajika is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 177 mm to 154 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
Gandajika climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 154 | 22.5 | 12.512 h |
| February | 29.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 138 | 19.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 168 | 22.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 129 | 18.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 31.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 27 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 31.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| July | 32.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| August | 32.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 20 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 87 | 15.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 142 | 22.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 177 | 24.8 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 28.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 177 | 24.7 | 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
- Mwene-Ditu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 63 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 192 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 79 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Miabi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 85 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Kanyama in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 89 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Kabinda in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 89 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 218 mm rain
- Kananga in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 194 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 159 mm rain
- Kamina in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 224 mm rain
- Kabalo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 336 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 192 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 Gandajika) is explained once on the Gandajika year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.