Climate averages 1991–2020
Idiofa weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Idiofa: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kikwit (86 km away). In December its highs average 29.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Idiofa, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Idiofa ranks joint 31st of 60 for the warmest December highs and 26th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Idiofa is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 161 mm to 128 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
Idiofa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 128 | 21.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 128 | 19.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 162 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 157 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 72 | 14.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 17 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 31.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 56 | 11.9 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 123 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 168 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 185 | 25.6 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 28.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 161 | 25.3 | 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 · 86 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 148 mm rain
- Bulungu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 119 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 169 mm rain
- Ilebo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 153 mm rain
- Tshikapa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 209 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Mweka in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 218 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 170 mm rain
- Chitato in DecemberAngola · 289 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 212 mm rain
- Dundo in DecemberAngola · 299 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 306 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 176 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 Idiofa) is explained once on the Idiofa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.