Dibaya-Lubwe weather in December

In December, Dibaya-Lubwe sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 164 mm of rain across 23.5 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in December, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of December to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Dibaya-Lubwe's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dibaya-Lubwe's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 164 mm; 23.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:30 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover: 82%; 12th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.99 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Dibaya-Lubwe is place in Kwilu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical December day in Dibaya-Lubwe reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

	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
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

How December really feels in Dibaya-Lubwe

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Dibaya-Lubwe weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 22°	133	19.9	12.2	3.8
Feb	30° / 23°	134	18.1	12.1	3.7
Mar	30° / 23°	157	22.1	12	3.5
Apr	30° / 23°	156	22.2	11.9	3.6
May	30° / 23°	88	16.4	11.8	4.3
Jun	30° / 22°	24	5.2	11.8	5.5
Jul	31° / 22°	17	4.2	11.8	5.3
Aug	30° / 22°	65	13.4	11.9	4.5
Sep	30° / 22°	125	21.4	12	3.7
Oct	29° / 22°	169	24.9	12.1	3.4
Nov	29° / 22°	178	24.1	12.2	3.5
Dec	29° / 22°	164	23.5	12.2	3.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

	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
Clearer (%)	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Cloudier (%)	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Dibaya-Lubwe gets around 164 mm of rain over 23.5 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 75% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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
Rain chance (%)	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	76	76	75	75	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	71	71	71	70	70	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	79
5	79
6	79
7	79
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	78
12	77
13	77
14	77
15	76
16	76
17	75
18	75
19	74
20	74
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	72
25	72
26	71
27	71
28	71
29	70
30	70
31	70

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the oppressive band about 99% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Muggy (%)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Oppressive (%)	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	99
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

Wind in December

Winds average 4 km/h in December, the calmest month.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
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10	4	calm
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30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of December to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:24 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 5:51 PM.

	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
Daylight (h)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37
Sunset (PM)	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:24	5:37
2	12.2	5:24	5:37
3	12.2	5:24	5:38
4	12.2	5:25	5:38
5	12.2	5:25	5:39
6	12.2	5:25	5:39
7	12.2	5:26	5:40
8	12.2	5:26	5:40
9	12.2	5:27	5:41
10	12.2	5:27	5:41
11	12.2	5:27	5:42
12	12.2	5:28	5:42
13	12.2	5:28	5:42
14	12.2	5:29	5:43
15	12.2	5:29	5:43
16	12.2	5:30	5:44
17	12.2	5:30	5:44
18	12.2	5:30	5:45
19	12.2	5:31	5:45
20	12.2	5:31	5:46
21	12.2	5:32	5:46
22	12.2	5:32	5:47
23	12.2	5:33	5:47
24	12.2	5:33	5:48
25	12.2	5:34	5:48
26	12.2	5:34	5:49
27	12.2	5:35	5:49
28	12.2	5:35	5:50
29	12.2	5:36	5:50
30	12.2	5:36	5:50
31	12.2	5:37	5:51

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.8 kWh/m² to a high of 5.39 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 4.99 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
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25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Dibaya-Lubwe?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dibaya-Lubwe.

What to pack for Dibaya-Lubwe in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Dibaya-Lubwe sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Dibaya-Lubwe in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dibaya-Lubwe peaks around March 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 13 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	13	14	13	9	8	7	4	10	13	13	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	7	High
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Dibaya-Lubwe in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Dibaya-Lubwe is worst in August — around 286 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 21.5× the cleanest month (November, 13 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	21	27	20	17	32	55	117	286	50	16	13	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	21	Moderate
Feb	27	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	32	Moderate
Jun	55	Unhealthy
Jul	117	Unhealthy
Aug	286	Very unhealthy
Sep	50	Poor
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Dibaya-Lubwe?

Dibaya-Lubwe sits at 4.2°S, 19.9°E, 384 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Mangai, 39 km away.

Topography around Dibaya-Lubwe

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Dibaya-Lubwe.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dibaya-Lubwe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m around an average of 378 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 224 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 347 m.

The land around Dibaya-Lubwe is covered by trees (43%) and water (35%) within 3 km, trees (76%) within 16 km, and trees (83%) within 80 km.

3 km

146 m

trees 43%

16 km

224 m

trees 76%

80 km

347 m

trees 83%

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← November Dibaya-Lubwe year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Mangai 39 km · Ilebo 83 km · Idiofa 95 km · Dungu 127 km · Bulungu 146 km · Kikwit 152 km · Mweka 203 km · Luebo 218 km

Democratic Republic of the Congo travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $807; 2025
Happiness: 3.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 12%; of population, 2024
Road deaths: 34.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 400

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Dibaya-Lubwe (-4.1587°, 19.8619°, elevation 384 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	79
5	79
6	79
7	79
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	78
12	77
13	77
14	77
15	76
16	76
17	75
18	75
19	74
20	74
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	72
25	72
26	71
27	71
28	71
29	70
30	70
31	70

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	99
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	79
5	79
6	79
7	79
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	78
12	77
13	77
14	77
15	76
16	76
17	75
18	75
19	74
20	74
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	72
25	72
26	71
27	71
28	71
29	70
30	70
31	70

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	99
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	79
5	79
6	79
7	79
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	78
12	77
13	77
14	77
15	76
16	76
17	75
18	75
19	74
20	74
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	72
25	72
26	71
27	71
28	71
29	70
30	70
31	70

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	99
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98