Average temperature in December is 25.7 °C
Average daytime temperature is 29.7 °C
Average night temperature is 23 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 31.7 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 22.2 °C
Number of sunny days:
Number of rainy days: 31
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 305 mm
* Weather data for Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| December (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 29.7 | 30.3 | 27.8 | 30.2 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 30.2 | 29.6 | 29.8 | 30.9 | 29.6 | 29.5 | 28.9 | 30.2 | 29.8 | 31.1 | 28.2 | 30.4 | 29.1 | 30.8 | 29.5 | 30.9 | 30.4 | 31.7 | 31.4 | 25.2 | 28.8 | 30.8 | 27.7 | 29.9 | 29.2 |
| Apparent max temperature | 36.1 | 36.9 | 32.3 | 36.8 | 33 | 37.6 | 36.5 | 35.2 | 36.5 | 37.4 | 34.3 | 36 | 35.5 | 37.6 | 36.6 | 37.4 | 35.5 | 37.4 | 35.5 | 37.6 | 35.4 | 36.8 | 37 | 38 | 38.8 | 30.8 | 33.2 | 38.3 | 33.2 | 34.3 | 36.6 |
| Mean temperature | 25.5 | 25.9 | 24.7 | 25.4 | 24.9 | 26.3 | 25.9 | 25.3 | 26.1 | 26.3 | 24.9 | 25.3 | 25.5 | 26.1 | 25.8 | 26.7 | 25.4 | 25.9 | 25.7 | 26.4 | 25.5 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 27.1 | 26.4 | 23.9 | 25.8 | 26.6 | 24.6 | 25.6 | 25.6 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 26.4 | 27.1 | 25.8 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 27.4 | 27 | 25.7 | 26.6 | 27.3 | 26.5 | 27 | 27.1 | 27.5 | 26.8 | 27.1 | 27.7 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 27.6 | 27.7 | 28 | 26.9 | 28.9 | 27.9 | 27.2 | 28 | 26.5 | 27.2 | 26.8 | 26.9 |
| Minimum temperature | 22.6 | 23.4 | 22.6 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.7 | 22.8 | 22.2 | 22.4 | 23.1 | 23 | 22.8 | 23 | 23.2 | 23 | 23.3 | 23.6 | 22.9 | 23.4 | 23.4 | 23 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 24.1 | 23.7 | 23.3 | 23.2 | 23 | 23.3 | 22.8 | 22.7 |
| Apparent min temperature | 30.1 | 30.4 | 29 | 30.3 | 29 | 31.3 | 30.3 | 29.9 | 31 | 31.5 | 29.3 | 30.1 | 30.1 | 31.1 | 30.5 | 32 | 30.5 | 31.2 | 30.9 | 31.6 | 30.7 | 30.9 | 31.3 | 32.7 | 31.8 | 28.7 | 30.6 | 31.9 | 29.3 | 30.2 | 30.5 |
| December | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 10.3 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 10 | 11.6 | 10.8 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 8.9 | 11.4 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 7 | 7.9 | 9 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 0 | 7.7 | 11.5 | 3.4 | 7.8 | 8.4 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 5.5 | 5.7 | 15.5 | 9 | 11.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 27.7 | 0.5 | 14 | 38.3 | 2.6 | 12.7 | 16.8 | 7 | 5.4 | 12 | 0.3 | 6 | 2.4 | 17.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.4 | 49.7 | 1 | 9.8 | 15.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Precipitation hours | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 10 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 8.8 | 13.4 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 10.1 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 16.4 | 6.2 | 10.9 | 14.1 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 14.3 | 9.7 | 5.8 | 10 | 15.3 | 8.1 | 8 | 13 | 5.1 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 15 | 7.2 | 6 | 7.2 |
In December 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Kinshasa was 31.7°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 22.2°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during December in Kinshasa are 23°C and 29.7°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in December is about 305 mm.