Climate averages 1991–2020
Kipushi weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 7th 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 Kipushi: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 255 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubumbashi (27 km away). In December its highs average 25.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kipushi, with 226 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kipushi ranks 55th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 58th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Kipushi is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 255 mm to 290 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
Kipushi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 290 | 28.8 | 12.713 h |
| February | 25.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 238 | 25.2 | 12.512 h |
| March | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 201 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 45 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 2.9 | 0.8 | 11.612 h |
| June | 25.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| August | 27.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 31 | 5.6 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.9°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 152 | 20.4 | 12.613 h |
| December, selected | 25.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 255 | 28.5 | 12.813 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
- Lubumbashi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 27 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in DecemberZambia · 91 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 266 mm rain
- Likasi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 103 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 234 mm rain
- Solwezi in DecemberZambia · 104 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 278 mm rain
- Chingola in DecemberZambia · 110 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 249 mm rain
- Kambove in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 239 mm rain
- Mufulira in DecemberZambia · 139 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 256 mm rain
- Kalulushi in DecemberZambia · 151 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 253 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 Kipushi) is explained once on the Kipushi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.