Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanyama 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 Kanyama: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 201 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 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gandajika (89 km away). In December its highs average 28.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Kanyama, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kanyama ranks 44th of 60 for the warmest December highs and joint 42nd of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Kanyama is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 201 mm to 183 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
Kanyama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 183 | 24.2 | 12.513 h |
| February | 28.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 156 | 20.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 190 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 132 | 18.7 | 11.912 h |
| May | 30.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 22 | 4.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 31.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| July | 32.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 32.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 13 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 90 | 16.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 168 | 25.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 199 | 27.0 | 12.512 h |
| December, selected | 27.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 201 | 26.5 | 12.513 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
- Gandajika in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 89 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 177 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 192 mm rain
- Kabinda in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 157 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 218 mm rain
- Kamina in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 163 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 224 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Miabi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 168 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Bukama in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 263 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 229 mm rain
- Kananga in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 265 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 159 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 Kanyama) is explained once on the Kanyama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.