Climate averages 1991–2020
Tshikapa weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: one of the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Tshikapa: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chitato (99 km away). In December its highs average 27.6°C, 1.9°C cooler than Tshikapa, with 212 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshikapa ranks 13th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 31st of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Tshikapa is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 174 mm to 137 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
Tshikapa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 137 | 20.3 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 128 | 18.8 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 163 | 22.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 153 | 19.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 31.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 11.812 h |
| June | 32.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 6.0 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 33.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| August | 33.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 33 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 92 | 15.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 134 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 177 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 29.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 174 | 23.5 | 12.512 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
- Chitato in DecemberAngola · 99 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 212 mm rain
- Dundo in DecemberAngola · 106 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Kananga in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 159 mm rain
- Mweka in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 170 mm rain
- Idiofa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 209 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 161 mm rain
- Lucapa in DecemberAngola · 223 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 229 mm rain
- Ilebo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 153 mm rain
- Kikwit in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 148 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 Tshikapa) is explained once on the Tshikapa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.