Climate averages 1991–2020

Kalemie weather
in December.

A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.3°C Daytime mean, December

Average low 21.1°C Night-time mean, December

Rainfall 123 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

December is a warm month in Kalemie: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th 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 Kalima (120 km away). In December its highs average 27.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kalemie, with 223 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kalemie ranks 48th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 18th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Kalemie is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 123 mm to 108 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kalemie climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kalemie, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	26.8°C21.3°C	21.3°C	108	21.7	12.412 h
February	27.3°C21.7°C	21.7°C	92	17.6	12.312 h
March	26.9°C21.6°C	21.6°C	148	22.7	12.112 h
April	26.2°C21.4°C	21.4°C	180	23.2	12.012 h
May	26.7°C21.6°C	21.6°C	61	10.1	11.812 h
June	27.2°C20.9°C	20.9°C	2.3	0.7	11.812 h
July	27.2°C20.3°C	20.3°C	0.8	0.2	11.812 h
August	28.6°C20.9°C	20.9°C	2.9	0.6	11.912 h
September	29.8°C21.9°C	21.9°C	11	2.6	12.112 h
October	29.0°C22.1°C	22.1°C	58	10.3	12.212 h
November	27.0°C21.4°C	21.4°C	111	18.1	12.412 h
December, selected	26.3°C21.1°C	21.1°C	123	23.3	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

Distance from Kalemie

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kalemie) is explained once on the Kalemie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.