Climate averages 1991–2020
Kindu weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kindu: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasongo (184 km away). In December its highs average 27.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kindu, with 209 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kindu ranks joint 29th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 38th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Kindu is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 190 mm to 145 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
Kindu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 145 | 19.8 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 136 | 18.3 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 162 | 21.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 166 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 110 | 17.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 40 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 30.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 33 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| August | 30.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 74 | 14.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 137 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 211 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 212 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 190 | 24.4 | 12.312 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
- Kasongo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 184 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 209 mm rain
- Lodja in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Kongolo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 297 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 217 mm rain
- Bukavu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 328 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 310 mm rain
- Uvira in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 361 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 156 mm rain
- Kabalo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 363 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Kalima in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 380 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 223 mm rain
- Bujumbura in DecemberBurundi · 385 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.1°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 Kindu) is explained once on the Kindu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.