Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaambooni weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kaambooni: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kismayo (178 km away). In December its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Kaambooni, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Kaambooni ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 13th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 28.2°C; Kaambooni is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 14 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
Kaambooni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 14 | 1.4 | 12.212 h |
| February | 32.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 12.212 h |
| March | 32.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 12 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 81 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 154 | 23.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 65 | 17.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 27.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 47 | 14.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 31 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 26 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 46 | 9.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 55 | 12.2 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 31.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 32 | 7.4 | 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
- Kismayo in DecemberSomalia · 178 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Malindi in DecemberKenya · 240 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Garissa in DecemberKenya · 253 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Kilifi in DecemberKenya · 294 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Mtwapa in DecemberKenya · 327 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Jomvu in DecemberKenya · 341 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Mombasa in DecemberKenya · 343 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Matuga in DecemberKenya · 360 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 59 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 Kaambooni) is explained once on the Kaambooni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.