Climate averages 1991–2020
Tshilenge weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Tshilenge: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 286 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwene (128 km away). In December its highs average 27.2°C, 1.2°C warmer than Tshilenge, with 215 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshilenge ranks 51st of 60 for the warmest December highs and 59th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Tshilenge is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 286 mm to 274 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
Tshilenge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 274 | 28.8 | 12.713 h |
| February | 26.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 245 | 25.3 | 12.512 h |
| March | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 261 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 103 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 2.9 | 0.9 | 11.612 h |
| June | 29.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| July | 29.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| August | 31.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 32.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 24 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 112 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 233 | 27.3 | 12.613 h |
| December, selected | 26.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 286 | 29.2 | 12.813 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
- Mwene in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 215 mm rain
- Kolwezi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 282 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 195 mm rain
- Saurimo in DecemberAngola · 310 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 229 mm rain
- Luena in DecemberAngola · 338 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 224 mm rain
- Kamina in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 338 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 224 mm rain
- Lucapa in DecemberAngola · 369 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 229 mm rain
- Bukama in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 378 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 229 mm rain
- Solwezi in DecemberZambia · 403 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 278 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 Tshilenge) is explained once on the Tshilenge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.