Climate averages 1991–2020
Kasongo weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Kasongo: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 209 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kongolo (113 km away). In December its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Kasongo, with 217 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasongo ranks 39th of 60 for the warmest December highs and joint 45th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Kasongo is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 209 mm to 178 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
Kasongo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 178 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 157 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 194 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 165 | 20.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 64 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 31.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 14 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 32.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 8.8 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 31.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 43 | 8.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 106 | 17.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 206 | 25.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 245 | 25.7 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 27.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 209 | 25.2 | 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
- Kongolo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 113 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 217 mm rain
- Kabalo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 183 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Kindu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 184 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Kalima in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 208 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 223 mm rain
- Uvira in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 297 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 156 mm rain
- Kabinda in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 308 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 218 mm rain
- Bujumbura in DecemberBurundi · 321 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 156 mm rain
- Bukavu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 324 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 310 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 Kasongo) is explained once on the Kasongo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.