Climate averages 1991–2020
Kolwezi weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th 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 Kolwezi: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 195 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kambove (125 km away). In December its highs average 25.0°C, 1.1°C warmer than Kolwezi, with 239 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kolwezi ranks joint 58th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 41st of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Kolwezi is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 195 mm to 222 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
Kolwezi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 222 | 27.4 | 12.713 h |
| February | 24.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 186 | 23.6 | 12.512 h |
| March | 24.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 164 | 24.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 44 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 26.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 11.612 h |
| June | 25.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| July | 25.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 27.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 29.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 9.6 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 61 | 12.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 25.3°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 158 | 24.2 | 12.613 h |
| December, selected | 23.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 195 | 27.3 | 12.713 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
- Kambove in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 239 mm rain
- Likasi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 142 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 234 mm rain
- Bukama in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 229 mm rain
- Solwezi in DecemberZambia · 190 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 278 mm rain
- Kamina in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 226 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 224 mm rain
- Kipushi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 227 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 255 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 243 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Tshilenge in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 282 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 286 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 Kolwezi) is explained once on the Kolwezi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.