Climate averages 1991–2020
Inkisi weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Inkisi: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbanza-Ngungu (26 km away). In December its highs average 26.9°C, 1.6°C cooler than Inkisi, with 205 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Inkisi ranks joint 27th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 35th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Inkisi is 0.4°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 179 mm to 134 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
Inkisi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 134 | 22.2 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 100 | 17.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 128 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 174 | 24.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 82 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 28.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 5.7 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 21 | 6.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 116 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 203 | 25.2 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 28.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 179 | 25.6 | 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
- Mbanza-Ngungu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 26 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 205 mm rain
- Kimpese in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 84 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Masina in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 91 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 160 mm rain
- Kinshasa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 94 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 156 mm rain
- Brazzaville in DecemberRepublic of the Congo · 99 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 156 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in DecemberAngola · 155 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 201 mm rain
- Matadi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Nkayi in DecemberRepublic of the Congo · 222 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 175 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 Inkisi) is explained once on the Inkisi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.