Climate averages 1991–2020
Dolisie weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Dolisie: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 258 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nkayi (69 km away). In December its highs average 29.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Dolisie, with 175 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in the Republic of the Congo, Dolisie ranks 3rd of 4 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 4 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 4 cities is 28.8°C; Dolisie is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 258 mm to 219 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
Dolisie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 219 | 26.8 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 183 | 23.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 177 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 180 | 23.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 94 | 17.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 5.2 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 27.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 4.6 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 18 | 5.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 122 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 245 | 27.2 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 28.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 258 | 28.1 | 12.412 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
- Nkayi in DecemberRepublic of the Congo · 69 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 175 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in DecemberRepublic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 135 mm rain
- Cabinda in DecemberAngola · 160 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 198 mm rain
- Boma in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 189 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 187 mm rain
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 195 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Matadi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 203 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Soyo in DecemberAngola · 218 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Kimpese in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 247 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 180 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 Dolisie) is explained once on the Dolisie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.