Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbanza-Ngungu weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Mbanza-Ngungu: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 205 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 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Inkisi (26 km away). In December its highs average 28.5°C, 1.6°C warmer than Mbanza-Ngungu, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbanza-Ngungu ranks joint 45th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 44th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Mbanza-Ngungu is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 205 mm to 154 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
Mbanza-Ngungu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 154 | 23.1 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 115 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 147 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 201 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 95 | 16.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 5.6 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 18 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 113 | 18.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 222 | 25.9 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 26.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 205 | 26.7 | 12.412 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
- Inkisi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 26 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 179 mm rain
- Kimpese in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 58 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Masina in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 160 mm rain
- Kinshasa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 115 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 156 mm rain
- Brazzaville in DecemberRepublic of the Congo · 120 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 156 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in DecemberAngola · 131 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 201 mm rain
- Matadi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Boma in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 210 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 187 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 Mbanza-Ngungu) is explained once on the Mbanza-Ngungu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.