Climate averages 1991–2020
Moanda, Gabon weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Moanda, Gabon: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Franceville (43 km away). In December its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Moanda, Gabon, with 184 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Moanda, Gabon ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 6 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 6 cities is 28.7°C; Moanda, Gabon is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 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
Moanda, Gabon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 137 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| February | 30.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 136 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 148 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 140 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 121 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 41 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 29 | 8.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 29.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 49 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 106 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 189 | 26.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 185 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 29.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 158 | 23.9 | 12.212 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
- Franceville in DecemberGabon · 43 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 184 mm rain
- Nkayi in DecemberRepublic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 175 mm rain
- Dolisie in DecemberRepublic of the Congo · 299 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 258 mm rain
- Brazzaville in DecemberRepublic of the Congo · 379 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 156 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in DecemberRepublic of the Congo · 386 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 135 mm rain
- Kinshasa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 387 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 156 mm rain
- Oyem in DecemberGabon · 395 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 116 mm rain
- Masina in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 397 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 160 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 Moanda) is explained once on the Moanda, Gabon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.