Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwene 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: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 215 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 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tshilenge (128 km away). In December its highs average 26.0°C, 1.2°C cooler than Mwene, with 286 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwene ranks joint 42nd of 60 for the warmest December highs and 47th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Mwene is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 215 mm to 223 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 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 223 | 26.2 | 12.613 h |
| February | 27.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 205 | 23.2 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 183 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 79 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 31.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 11.712 h |
| June | 31.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 31.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 33.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 33.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 27 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 102 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 167 | 23.9 | 12.613 h |
| December, selected | 27.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 215 | 26.9 | 12.713 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
- Tshilenge in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 286 mm rain
- Kamina in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 263 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 224 mm rain
- Saurimo in DecemberAngola · 272 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 229 mm rain
- Lucapa in DecemberAngola · 280 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 229 mm rain
- Kanyama in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 293 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Kolwezi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 301 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 195 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 319 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 192 mm rain
- Bukama in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 334 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 229 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) is explained once on the Mwene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.