Climate averages 1991–2020
Bata weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Bata: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 213 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kribi (120 km away). In December its highs average 27.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Bata, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Equatorial Guinea, Bata ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 3 cities is 28.1°C; Bata is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 213 mm to 164 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
Bata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 164 | 28.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 169 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 236 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 256 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 265 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| June | 27.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 179 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 26.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 110 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 26.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 96 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 245 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 335 | 30.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 325 | 29.8 | 12.012 h |
| December, selected | 28.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 213 | 29.7 | 12.012 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
- Kribi in DecemberCameroon · 120 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 136 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in DecemberEquatorial Guinea · 121 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.0°C · 172 mm rain
- Libreville in DecemberGabon · 167 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 316 mm rain
- Owendo in DecemberGabon · 177 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 310 mm rain
- Ébolowa in DecemberCameroon · 192 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Oyem in DecemberGabon · 204 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 116 mm rain
- Edéa in DecemberCameroon · 219 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Malabo in DecemberEquatorial Guinea · 237 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 62 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 Bata) is explained once on the Bata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.