Climate averages 1991–2020
Matadi weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Matadi: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 175 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Boma (45 km away). In December its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Matadi, with 187 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Matadi ranks joint 14th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 32nd of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Matadi is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 175 mm to 149 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
Matadi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 149 | 20.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 120 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 134 | 19.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 193 | 21.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 68 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 2.2 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 1.7 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 26.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 5.3 | 0.8 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 12 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 63 | 11.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 149 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 175 | 22.4 | 12.512 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
- Boma in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 45 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 187 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in DecemberAngola · 98 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 201 mm rain
- Kimpese in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 112 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 121 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Soyo in DecemberAngola · 125 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Cabinda in DecemberAngola · 144 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 198 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 205 mm rain
- Nkayi in DecemberRepublic of the Congo · 185 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 175 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 Matadi) is explained once on the Matadi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.