Katanda weather in December

In December, Katanda sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 44 mm of rain across 5.4 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in December, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of December to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Katanda's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Katanda's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 44 mm; 5.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:57 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 6th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical December day in Katanda reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

Katanda weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 18°	47	5.5	12	5.8
Feb	30° / 18°	35	4.6	12	5.5
Mar	29° / 19°	51	7	12	5.5
Apr	28° / 19°	48	8.2	12	5.8
May	28° / 19°	35	6	12	6.5
Jun	28° / 18°	13	2.8	12	6.7
Jul	28° / 18°	6	1.7	12	6.9
Aug	28° / 18°	18	3.7	12	6.4
Sep	29° / 18°	27	5.3	12	5.9
Oct	28° / 18°	50	9.5	12	5.7
Nov	28° / 18°	41	6.8	12	6.4
Dec	28° / 18°	44	5.4	12	6.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

	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 (%)	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	25	26	26	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	29	29	29	30	30
Cloudier (%)	79	79	79	79	78	78	77	77	76	75	74	74	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	71	71	71	70	70

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

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Katanda gets around 44 mm of rain over 5.4 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 18% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the comfortable band about 69% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	6	6	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20
Comfortable (%)	76	76	76	77	76	76	75	75	74	74	73	72	71	70	69	68	67	66	66	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	64	63
Humid (%)	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	17

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	6	76	18
2	6	76	18
3	7	76	17
4	7	77	16
5	8	76	16
6	9	76	15
7	10	75	15
8	11	75	14
9	12	74	14
10	13	74	13
11	14	73	13
12	16	72	12
13	17	71	12
14	18	70	12
15	19	69	12
16	20	68	12
17	21	67	12
18	22	66	12
19	22	66	12
20	23	65	12
21	23	65	12
22	23	64	13
23	23	64	13
24	23	64	13
25	23	63	14
26	22	63	15
27	22	63	15
28	21	63	16
29	21	63	16
30	20	64	16
31	20	63	17

Wind in December

Winds average 5 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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Sunrise & sunset in December

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 6:07 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)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04
Sunset (PM)	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	5:51	5:54
2	12.0	5:51	5:54
3	12.0	5:52	5:54
4	12.0	5:52	5:55
5	12.0	5:53	5:55
6	12.0	5:53	5:56
7	12.0	5:53	5:56
8	12.0	5:54	5:57
9	12.0	5:54	5:57
10	12.0	5:55	5:57
11	12.0	5:55	5:58
12	12.0	5:55	5:58
13	12.0	5:56	5:59
14	12.0	5:56	5:59
15	12.0	5:57	6:00
16	12.0	5:57	6:00
17	12.0	5:58	6:01
18	12.0	5:58	6:01
19	12.0	5:59	6:02
20	12.0	5:59	6:02
21	12.0	6:00	6:02
22	12.0	6:00	6:03
23	12.0	6:01	6:03
24	12.0	6:01	6:04
25	12.0	6:01	6:04
26	12.0	6:02	6:05
27	12.0	6:02	6:05
28	12.0	6:03	6:06
29	12.0	6:03	6:06
30	12.0	6:04	6:07
31	12.0	6:04	6:07

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.03 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.62 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Katanda?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

7.3

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Katanda for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Katanda in December

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

In December, Katanda sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

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UV index in Katanda in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Katanda peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 10 (extreme).

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)	11	15	16	15	12	10	10	11	13	14	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Katanda 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 Katanda is worst in July — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	72	76	62	59	60	74	80	70	60	57	58	65
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	72	Unhealthy
Feb	76	Unhealthy
Mar	62	Unhealthy
Apr	59	Unhealthy
May	60	Unhealthy
Jun	74	Unhealthy
Jul	80	Unhealthy
Aug	70	Unhealthy
Sep	60	Unhealthy
Oct	57	Unhealthy
Nov	58	Unhealthy
Dec	65	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Katanda?

Katanda sits at 0.8°S, 29.4°E, 968 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kanyobagonga, 26 km away.

Topography around Katanda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Katanda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 155 m around an average of 987 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 893 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,556 m.

The land around Katanda is covered by grassland (70%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, grassland (72%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

155 m

grassland 70%

16 km

893 m

grassland 72%

80 km

3,556 m

trees 54%

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

December weather nearby: Kanyobagonga 26 km · Kirumba 31 km · Kayna 32 km · Kihihi 38 km · Rutshuru 41 km · Kanungu 50 km · Kisoro 62 km · Rukungiri 64 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 Katanda (-0.8254°, 29.3645°, elevation 968 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	28	18
2	28	18
3	28	18
4	28	18
5	28	18
6	28	18
7	28	18
8	28	18
9	28	18
10	28	18
11	28	18
12	28	18
13	28	18
14	28	18
15	28	18
16	28	18
17	28	18
18	29	18
19	29	18
20	29	18
21	29	18
22	29	18
23	29	18
24	29	18
25	29	18
26	29	18
27	29	18
28	29	18
29	29	18
30	29	18
31	29	18

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	6	76	18
2	6	76	18
3	7	76	17
4	7	77	16
5	8	76	16
6	9	76	15
7	10	75	15
8	11	75	14
9	12	74	14
10	13	74	13
11	14	73	13
12	16	72	12
13	17	71	12
14	18	70	12
15	19	69	12
16	20	68	12
17	21	67	12
18	22	66	12
19	22	66	12
20	23	65	12
21	23	65	12
22	23	64	13
23	23	64	13
24	23	64	13
25	23	63	14
26	22	63	15
27	22	63	15
28	21	63	16
29	21	63	16
30	20	64	16
31	20	63	17

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	6	76	18
2	6	76	18
3	7	76	17
4	7	77	16
5	8	76	16
6	9	76	15
7	10	75	15
8	11	75	14
9	12	74	14
10	13	74	13
11	14	73	13
12	16	72	12
13	17	71	12
14	18	70	12
15	19	69	12
16	20	68	12
17	21	67	12
18	22	66	12
19	22	66	12
20	23	65	12
21	23	65	12
22	23	64	13
23	23	64	13
24	23	64	13
25	23	63	14
26	22	63	15
27	22	63	15
28	21	63	16
29	21	63	16
30	20	64	16
31	20	63	17

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	6	76	18
2	6	76	18
3	7	76	17
4	7	77	16
5	8	76	16
6	9	76	15
7	10	75	15
8	11	75	14
9	12	74	14
10	13	74	13
11	14	73	13
12	16	72	12
13	17	71	12
14	18	70	12
15	19	69	12
16	20	68	12
17	21	67	12
18	22	66	12
19	22	66	12
20	23	65	12
21	23	65	12
22	23	64	13
23	23	64	13
24	23	64	13
25	23	63	14
26	22	63	15
27	22	63	15
28	21	63	16
29	21	63	16
30	20	64	16
31	20	63	17