Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalima weather
in December.
A warm, 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 warm month in Kalima: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 223 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalemie (120 km away). In December its highs average 26.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kalima, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kalima ranks joint 42nd of 60 for the warmest December highs and 51st of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Kalima is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 223 mm to 198 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
Kalima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 198 | 24.1 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 148 | 18.8 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 169 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 101 | 14.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 31.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 27 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| June | 32.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 3.7 | 0.8 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| August | 32.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 55 | 11.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 160 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 242 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 27.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 223 | 26.5 | 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
- Kalemie in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 120 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 123 mm rain
- Kongolo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 135 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 217 mm rain
- Kabalo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 157 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Kigoma in DecemberTanzania · 170 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 298 mm rain
- Kasongo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 208 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 209 mm rain
- Manono in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 209 mm rain
- Kasulu in DecemberTanzania · 232 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 257 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 245 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 216 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 Kalima) is explained once on the Kalima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.