Climate averages 1991–2020
Lisala weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Lisala: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bumba (106 km away). In December its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Lisala, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lisala ranks joint 8th of 60 for the warmest December highs and joint 7th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Lisala is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 45 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
Lisala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 45 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 71 | 11.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 136 | 18.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 142 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 118 | 21.2 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 103 | 19.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 116 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 155 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 161 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 185 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 146 | 23.1 | 12.012 h |
| December, selected | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 60 | 11.9 | 12.012 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
- Bumba in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Binga in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 116 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Gemena in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Gbadolite in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 243 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Basoko in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Buta in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Bangui in DecemberCentral African Republic · 410 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Bambari in DecemberCentral African Republic · 413 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 6.2 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 Lisala) is explained once on the Lisala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.