Climate averages 1991–2020
Gbarnga weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 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 Gbarnga: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzérékoré (111 km away). In December its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Gbarnga, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Liberia, Gbarnga ranks 1st 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 29.1°C; Gbarnga is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 23 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
Gbarnga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 23 | 5.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 45 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 97 | 17.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 133 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 190 | 25.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 220 | 26.8 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 190 | 25.6 | 12.512 h |
| August | 26.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 246 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 309 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 179 | 27.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 71 | 17.7 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 26 | 6.4 | 11.712 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
- Nzérékoré in DecemberGuinea · 111 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Buchanan in DecemberLiberia · 140 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Danané in DecemberIvory Coast · 148 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Monrovia in DecemberLiberia · 166 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Gueckedou in DecemberGuinea · 189 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Kenema in DecemberSierra Leone · 213 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Man in DecemberIvory Coast · 217 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Duekoué in DecemberIvory Coast · 236 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 Gbarnga) is explained once on the Gbarnga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.