Climate averages 1991–2020
Kisangani weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kisangani: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Basoko (193 km away). In December its highs average 30.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kisangani, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kisangani ranks joint 14th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 14th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Kisangani is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 70 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
Kisangani climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 70 | 12.8 | 12.112 h |
| February | 31.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 91 | 14.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 161 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 161 | 21.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 122 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 96 | 19.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 96 | 19.4 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 138 | 23.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 165 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 186 | 26.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 182 | 24.4 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 29.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 107 | 18.8 | 12.112 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
- Basoko in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Babamba in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Buta in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Bumba in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 355 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Isiro in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 368 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Kindu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 393 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Lisala in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 447 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Butembo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 458 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 105 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 Kisangani) is explained once on the Kisangani year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.