Climate averages 1991–2020
Kamina weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Kamina: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 224 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bukama (108 km away). In December its highs average 28.7°C, 2.6°C warmer than Kamina, with 229 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kamina ranks joint 49th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 52nd of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Kamina is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 224 mm to 217 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
Kamina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 217 | 26.4 | 12.613 h |
| February | 26.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 180 | 23.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 26.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 199 | 24.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 89 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 7.4 | 1.5 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 29.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| August | 31.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 35 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 123 | 19.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 210 | 25.6 | 12.513 h |
| December, selected | 26.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 224 | 27.0 | 12.613 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
- Bukama in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 108 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 229 mm rain
- Kanyama in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 163 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Kolwezi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 226 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 195 mm rain
- Mulongo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 242 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 231 mm rain
- Gandajika in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 177 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 257 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 192 mm rain
- Mwene in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 263 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 215 mm rain
- Kabinda in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 294 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 218 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 Kamina) is explained once on the Kamina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.