Lodja weather in December

In December, Lodja sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 132 mm of rain across 21.4 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-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 Lodja's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lodja's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 132 mm; 21.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:16 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 11th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Lodja is city in Sankuru, 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 Lodja reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°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 about 1°C cooler than 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
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22	29	22
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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 Lodja

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 15 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.

Lodja weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 22°	112	18.3	12.2	3.9
Feb	30° / 22°	103	17	12.1	3.6
Mar	30° / 22°	131	20.6	12	3.5
Apr	29° / 22°	140	21.7	11.9	3.6
May	30° / 22°	85	16.3	11.8	4.3
Jun	31° / 21°	29	6.7	11.8	5.0
Jul	31° / 21°	24	5.2	11.8	4.9
Aug	30° / 21°	73	14.9	11.9	4.2
Sep	30° / 21°	118	21.5	12	3.6
Oct	29° / 21°	146	24.4	12.1	3.4
Nov	29° / 21°	148	23.7	12.2	3.6
Dec	29° / 21°	132	21.4	12.2	3.9

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in December.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Lodja gets around 132 mm of rain over 21.4 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 69% and peaks near 76% 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 (%)	76	75	75	75	74	74	73	73	72	72	71	71	70	69	69	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	75
3	75
4	75
5	74
6	74
7	73
8	73
9	72
10	72
11	71
12	71
13	70
14	69
15	69
16	68
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21	66
22	66
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24	65
25	64
26	64
27	64
28	63
29	63
30	63
31	63

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 93% 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 (%)	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Oppressive (%)	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	8	92
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

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
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Sunrise & sunset in December

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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 6:10 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:35 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)	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23
Sunset (PM)	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:10	6:21
2	12.2	6:10	6:21
3	12.2	6:10	6:22
4	12.2	6:11	6:22
5	12.2	6:11	6:23
6	12.2	6:11	6:23
7	12.2	6:12	6:24
8	12.2	6:12	6:24
9	12.2	6:13	6:25
10	12.2	6:13	6:25
11	12.2	6:13	6:25
12	12.2	6:14	6:26
13	12.2	6:14	6:26
14	12.2	6:15	6:27
15	12.2	6:15	6:27
16	12.2	6:16	6:28
17	12.2	6:16	6:28
18	12.2	6:17	6:29
19	12.2	6:17	6:29
20	12.2	6:18	6:30
21	12.2	6:18	6:30
22	12.2	6:18	6:31
23	12.2	6:19	6:31
24	12.2	6:19	6:32
25	12.2	6:20	6:32
26	12.2	6:20	6:33
27	12.2	6:21	6:33
28	12.2	6:21	6:33
29	12.2	6:22	6:34
30	12.2	6:22	6:34
31	12.2	6:23	6:35

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.89 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.02 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	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
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30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Lodja?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

5.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lodja.

What to pack for Lodja in December

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

In December, Lodja sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

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UV index in Lodja in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lodja peaks around March 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 10 at about 7 (very high).

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)	13	13	15	14	10	7	7	7	11	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Lodja 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 Lodja is worst in July — around 228 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 21.5× the cleanest month (November, 11 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)	18	21	15	12	22	103	228	57	21	13	11	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	12	Good
May	22	Moderate
Jun	103	Unhealthy
Jul	228	Very unhealthy
Aug	57	Unhealthy
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Lodja?

Lodja sits at 3.5°S, 23.6°E, 478 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Lukula, 50 km away.

Topography around Lodja

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lodja has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 456 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 180 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 304 m.

The land around Lodja is covered by trees (58%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, trees (69%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (84%) within 80 km.

3 km

86 m

trees 58%

16 km

180 m

trees 69%

80 km

304 m

trees 84%

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

December weather nearby: Lukula 50 km · Lusambo 163 km · Demba 265 km · Kindu 266 km · Mweka 270 km · Kabeya-Kamwanga 278 km · Mbuji-Mayi 291 km · Kananga 295 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 Lodja (-3.521°, 23.6005°, elevation 478 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	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
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	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	16	84
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	8	92
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

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

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	8	92
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

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

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	8	92
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93