Climate averages 1991–2020
Jomvu weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Jomvu: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mombasa (10 km away). In December its highs average 30.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Jomvu, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Jomvu ranks 5th of 37 for the warmest December highs and 26th of 37 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 37 cities is 26.0°C; Jomvu is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Jomvu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 33.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 20 | 4.2 | 12.212 h |
| March | 32.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 62 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 108 | 22.8 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 155 | 20.4 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 58 | 15.8 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 46 | 15.0 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 40 | 15.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 38 | 14.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 69 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 83 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 31.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 70 | 17.0 | 12.312 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Mombasa in DecemberKenya · 10 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Mtwapa in DecemberKenya · 16 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Matuga in DecemberKenya · 21 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Ukunda in DecemberKenya · 34 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Kilifi in DecemberKenya · 48 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Malindi in DecemberKenya · 102 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Tanga in DecemberTanzania · 133 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Handeni in DecemberTanzania · 239 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.8°C · 141 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jomvu) is explained once on the Jomvu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.