Climate averages 1991–2020
Kimpese weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kimpese: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 180 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbanza-Ngungu (58 km away). In December its highs average 26.9°C, 2.5°C cooler than Kimpese, with 205 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kimpese ranks joint 14th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 36th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Kimpese is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 180 mm to 141 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
Kimpese climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 141 | 20.2 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 104 | 16.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 130 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 176 | 22.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 69 | 13.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 28.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 3.4 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 11 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 75 | 13.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 179 | 23.5 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 180 | 24.6 | 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
- Mbanza-Ngungu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 58 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 205 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in DecemberAngola · 81 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 201 mm rain
- Inkisi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 84 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 179 mm rain
- Matadi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 112 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Boma in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 156 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 187 mm rain
- Kinshasa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 168 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 156 mm rain
- Masina in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 160 mm rain
- Brazzaville in DecemberRepublic of the Congo · 172 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 156 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 Kimpese) is explained once on the Kimpese year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.