Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwala weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Mwala: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thika (56 km away). In December its highs average 23.5°C, 1.2°C cooler than Mwala, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Mwala ranks 18th of 37 for the warmest December highs and 29th of 37 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 37 cities is 26.0°C; Mwala is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 40 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
Mwala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 40 | 9.3 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 25 | 6.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 70 | 14.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 109 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 40 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 5.5 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 23.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| August | 24.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| September | 26.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 33 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 155 | 22.2 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 24.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 80 | 17.6 | 12.212 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
- Thika in DecemberKenya · 56 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Kitengela in DecemberKenya · 57 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Mlolongo in DecemberKenya · 57 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Ruiru in DecemberKenya · 59 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Nairobi in DecemberKenya · 71 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in DecemberKenya · 77 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in DecemberKenya · 79 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in DecemberKenya · 80 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 47 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 Mwala) is explained once on the Mwala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.