Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwene-Ditu 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 Mwene-Ditu: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 192 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gandajika (63 km away). In December its highs average 28.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Mwene-Ditu, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwene-Ditu ranks 41st of 60 for the warmest December highs and joint 39th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Mwene-Ditu is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 192 mm to 179 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
Mwene-Ditu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 179 | 25.3 | 12.512 h |
| February | 28.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 158 | 21.9 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 186 | 24.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 136 | 19.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 26 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 31.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| July | 31.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| August | 31.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 104 | 17.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 166 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 193 | 26.3 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 27.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 192 | 26.4 | 12.513 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
- Gandajika in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 63 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 177 mm rain
- Miabi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 88 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Kanyama in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Kabinda in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 218 mm rain
- Kananga in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 159 mm rain
- Kamina in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 257 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 224 mm rain
- Dundo in DecemberAngola · 294 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.0°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 Mwene-Ditu) is explained once on the Mwene-Ditu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.