Climate averages 1991–2020
Kikwit weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kikwit: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulungu (60 km away). In December its highs average 29.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kikwit, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kikwit ranks 18th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 20th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Kikwit is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 148 mm to 116 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
Kikwit climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 116 | 19.2 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 112 | 16.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 133 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 166 | 23.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 83 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 31.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 13 | 3.4 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 7.4 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 41 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 106 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 167 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 178 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 29.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 148 | 23.3 | 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
- Bulungu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 60 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 169 mm rain
- Idiofa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 86 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 161 mm rain
- Ilebo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 153 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 176 mm rain
- Tshikapa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Mweka in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 305 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 170 mm rain
- Chitato in DecemberAngola · 329 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 212 mm rain
- Dundo in DecemberAngola · 340 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 Kikwit) is explained once on the Kikwit year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.