Climate averages 1991–2020
Kananga weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kananga: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miabi (114 km away). In December its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Kananga, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kananga ranks joint 31st of 60 for the warmest December highs and 24th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Kananga is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 159 mm to 131 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
Kananga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 131 | 19.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 128 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 176 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 178 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 64 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| June | 31.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 9.9 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 6.0 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| August | 31.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 52 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 136 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 181 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 186 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 28.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 159 | 22.3 | 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
- Miabi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 132 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Mweka in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 170 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 192 mm rain
- Tshikapa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Gandajika in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 194 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 177 mm rain
- Kabinda in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 230 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 218 mm rain
- Dundo in DecemberAngola · 241 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 212 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 Kananga) is explained once on the Kananga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.