Climate averages 1991–2020
Gemena 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 Gemena: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 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 56 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Binga (127 km away). In December its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Gemena, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gemena ranks 4th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Gemena is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 27 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
Gemena climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 27 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| February | 33.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 51 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 132 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 138 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 114 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 95 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 123 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 162 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 159 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 182 | 25.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 138 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| December, selected | 30.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 44 | 8.5 | 11.912 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
- Binga in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 127 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Gbadolite in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Bangui in DecemberCentral African Republic · 183 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Bimbo in DecemberCentral African Republic · 187 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Bégoua in DecemberCentral African Republic · 191 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Lisala in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Bambari in DecemberCentral African Republic · 297 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Bumba in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 322 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 60 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 Gemena) is explained once on the Gemena year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.