Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabalo weather
in December.
A hot, very 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 Kabalo: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 192 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kongolo (75 km away). In December its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Kabalo, with 217 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kabalo ranks 26th of 60 for the warmest December highs and joint 39th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Kabalo is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 192 mm to 165 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
Kabalo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 165 | 21.0 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 138 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 166 | 20.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 129 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 32.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 26 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| June | 34.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 2.6 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| July | 34.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 34.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 12 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 32.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 50 | 8.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 138 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 199 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 192 | 24.1 | 12.512 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
- Kongolo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 75 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 217 mm rain
- Manono in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 209 mm rain
- Kalima in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 157 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 223 mm rain
- Kasongo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 183 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 209 mm rain
- Mulongo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 231 mm rain
- Kalemie in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 252 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 123 mm rain
- Kabinda in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 269 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 218 mm rain
- Kigoma in DecemberTanzania · 327 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 298 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 Kabalo) is explained once on the Kabalo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.