Climate averages 1991–2020
Malabo weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Malabo: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limbe (56 km away). In December its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Malabo, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Equatorial Guinea, Malabo ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 3 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 3 cities is 28.1°C; Malabo is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 52 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
Malabo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 52 | 15.2 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.7°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 73 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.9°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 165 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 188 | 27.3 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 273 | 29.4 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 388 | 29.0 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 446 | 29.1 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 431 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 384 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 297 | 29.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 171 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| December, selected | 28.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 62 | 18.2 | 11.912 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
- Limbe in DecemberCameroon · 56 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 122 mm rain
- Buea in DecemberCameroon · 68 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Tiko in DecemberCameroon · 73 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Douala in DecemberCameroon · 107 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Kumba in DecemberCameroon · 123 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in DecemberNigeria · 130 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Calabar in DecemberNigeria · 143 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Edéa in DecemberCameroon · 150 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 92 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 Malabo) is explained once on the Malabo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.