Climate averages 1991–2020
Mulongo weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Mulongo: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 231 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manono (74 km away). In December its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Mulongo, with 209 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mulongo ranks joint 37th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 55th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Mulongo is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 231 mm to 228 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
Mulongo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 228 | 24.0 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 174 | 19.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 179 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 109 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| May | 32.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 13 | 2.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 33.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| July | 33.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 34.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 3.6 | 0.7 | 11.912 h |
| September | 34.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 28 | 6.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 119 | 18.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 200 | 23.4 | 12.512 h |
| December, selected | 27.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 231 | 26.3 | 12.613 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
- Manono in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 74 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 209 mm rain
- Bukama in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 229 mm rain
- Kabalo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Kamina in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 242 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 224 mm rain
- Nchelenge in DecemberZambia · 254 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 246 mm rain
- Kongolo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 217 mm rain
- Kalima in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 294 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 223 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 313 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 216 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 Mulongo) is explained once on the Mulongo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.