Climate averages 1991–2020
Hyosha weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Hyosha: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Butembo (67 km away). In December its highs average 22.8°C, 3.9°C cooler than Hyosha, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hyosha ranks 47th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 9th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Hyosha is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 35 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
Hyosha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 35 | 8.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 41 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 28.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 95 | 16.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 119 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 137 | 19.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 122 | 18.8 | 12.212 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 121 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 25.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 162 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 151 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 170 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 133 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 26.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 61 | 13.9 | 12.112 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
- Butembo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 67 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Bunia in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 126 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Ibanda in DecemberUganda · 143 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Rutoma in DecemberUganda · 170 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Mbarara in DecemberUganda · 192 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Mubende in DecemberUganda · 209 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Rutshuru in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 210 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Hoima in DecemberUganda · 220 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 166 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 Hyosha) is explained once on the Hyosha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.