Climate averages 1991–2020
Buchanan weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 5th 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 Buchanan: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Monrovia (95 km away). In December its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Buchanan, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Liberia, Buchanan ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 3 cities is 29.1°C; Buchanan is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 76 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
Buchanan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 76 | 17.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 106 | 21.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 28.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 167 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 207 | 27.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 284 | 30.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 362 | 29.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 300 | 27.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 390 | 26.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 26.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 403 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 305 | 30.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 166 | 26.9 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 28.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 88 | 21.2 | 11.812 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
- Monrovia in DecemberLiberia · 95 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Gbarnga in DecemberLiberia · 140 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in DecemberGuinea · 249 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Kenema in DecemberSierra Leone · 256 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Danané in DecemberIvory Coast · 260 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Bo in DecemberSierra Leone · 298 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Gueckedou in DecemberGuinea · 299 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Duekoué in DecemberIvory Coast · 314 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 18 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 Buchanan) is explained once on the Buchanan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.