Climate averages 1991–2020
Lodja weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: one of the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Lodja: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kindu (266 km away). In December its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Lodja, with 190 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lodja ranks joint 22nd of 60 for the warmest December highs and 19th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Lodja is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 132 mm to 112 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
Lodja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 112 | 18.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 104 | 17.1 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 131 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 140 | 21.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 85 | 16.2 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 29 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| July | 31.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 24 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 73 | 14.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 117 | 21.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 146 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 148 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 28.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 132 | 21.4 | 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
- Kindu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Mweka in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 270 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 170 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Kananga in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 295 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 159 mm rain
- Miabi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 301 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Kabinda in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 307 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 218 mm rain
- Ilebo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 346 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 153 mm rain
- Kasongo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 355 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 209 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 Lodja) is explained once on the Lodja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.