Mwene weather in December

In December, Mwene sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 215 mm of rain across 26.9 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of December to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Mwene's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mwene's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 215 mm; 26.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 6:08 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 86%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; 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 27°C through the month.

A typical December day in Mwene reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C cooler than 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	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

How December really feels in Mwene

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 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

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Mwene weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 19°	224	26.2	12.5	3.8
Feb	28° / 19°	203	22.9	12.3	3.9
Mar	28° / 19°	183	24.3	12.1	4.1
Apr	29° / 19°	79	13.3	11.8	5.0
May	31° / 18°	4	0.8	11.6	5.7
Jun	31° / 17°	0	0.1	11.4	6.0
Jul	31° / 16°	0	0	11.5	5.9
Aug	33° / 18°	2	0.5	11.7	4.8
Sep	33° / 20°	27	5.7	11.9	4.1
Oct	30° / 20°	102	17.7	12.2	3.8
Nov	28° / 19°	167	23.9	12.4	3.9
Dec	27° / 19°	215	26.9	12.6	3.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

	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 (%)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6
Cloudier (%)	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	92	92	91	92	92	92	92	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	94

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	9	91
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	6	94

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Mwene gets around 215 mm of rain over 26.9 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 87% and peaks near 88% 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 (%)	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	86
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	85
31	85

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the muggy band about 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% 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
Humid (%)	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Muggy (%)	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	2	98
31	2	98

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
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
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12	5	calm
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14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
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20	5	calm
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30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of December to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:49 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)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15
Sunset (PM)	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:02	6:34
2	12.5	6:03	6:35
3	12.5	6:03	6:35
4	12.5	6:03	6:36
5	12.5	6:03	6:36
6	12.5	6:04	6:37
7	12.6	6:04	6:37
8	12.6	6:04	6:38
9	12.6	6:05	6:38
10	12.6	6:05	6:39
11	12.6	6:06	6:39
12	12.6	6:06	6:40
13	12.6	6:06	6:40
14	12.6	6:07	6:41
15	12.6	6:07	6:41
16	12.6	6:08	6:42
17	12.6	6:08	6:42
18	12.6	6:08	6:43
19	12.6	6:09	6:43
20	12.6	6:09	6:44
21	12.6	6:10	6:44
22	12.6	6:10	6:45
23	12.6	6:11	6:45
24	12.6	6:11	6:46
25	12.6	6:12	6:46
26	12.6	6:12	6:47
27	12.6	6:13	6:47
28	12.6	6:13	6:47
29	12.6	6:14	6:48
30	12.6	6:14	6:48
31	12.6	6:15	6:49

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.86 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in August across the year — December's 4.93 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
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	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Mwene

In seasonPeak

In December, Mwene sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Mwene's monsoon runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Mwene?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mwene.

What to pack for Mwene in December

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

In December, Mwene sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mwene in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mwene peaks around January 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 10 at about 8 (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)	15	15	15	13	10	9	8	8	11	13	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Mwene 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 Mwene is worst in August — around 191 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 23.6× the cleanest month (April, 8 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)	12	13	10	8	25	62	189	191	53	19	10	9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Moderate
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	10	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	25	Moderate
Jun	62	Unhealthy
Jul	189	Very unhealthy
Aug	191	Very unhealthy
Sep	53	Poor
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	10	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Mwene?

Mwene sits at 9.8°S, 22.9°E, 908 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Luau, 122 km away.

Topography around Mwene

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mwene has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 907 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 143 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 270 m.

The land around Mwene is covered by trees (36%), wetland (26%) and shrubs (20%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), trees (32%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

61 m

trees 36%

16 km

143 m

grassland 36%

80 km

270 m

trees 48%

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

December weather nearby: Luau 122 km · Tshilenge 128 km · Malemba 194 km · Cazombo 232 km · Kamina 263 km · Saurimo 272 km · Mwinilunga 273 km · Lucapa 280 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 Mwene (-9.817°, 22.8702°, elevation 908 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	19
2	28	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	27	19
16	27	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19
29	27	19
30	27	19
31	27	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	9	91
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	86
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	85
31	85

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	2	98
31	2	98

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	9	91
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	86
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	85
31	85

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	2	98
31	2	98

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	9	91
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	86
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	85
31	85

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	2	98
31	2	98