Climate averages 1991–2020
Mweka weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: one of the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Mweka: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 170 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ilebo (122 km away). In December its highs average 28.9°C, 0.9°C warmer than Mweka, with 153 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mweka ranks joint 35th of 60 for the warmest December highs and joint 28th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Mweka is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 170 mm to 143 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
Mweka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 143 | 21.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 137 | 19.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 168 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 163 | 23.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 90 | 15.8 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 22 | 4.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 31.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 78 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 132 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 173 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 182 | 24.7 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 28.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 170 | 25.0 | 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
- Ilebo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 153 mm rain
- Kananga in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 159 mm rain
- Tshikapa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Idiofa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 218 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 161 mm rain
- Miabi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Lodja in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 270 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Chitato in DecemberAngola · 287 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 212 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 Mweka) is explained once on the Mweka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.