Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukoba weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Bukoba: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a wet month (the 8th 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 Masaka (111 km away). In December its highs average 24.5°C, about as warm as Bukoba, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bukoba ranks 38th of 43 for the warmest December highs and joint 21st of 43 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Bukoba is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 140 mm to 120 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
Bukoba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 120 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| February | 25.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 115 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 25.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 151 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 186 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 118 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 47 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| July | 23.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 74 | 12.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 110 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 160 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 169 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 24.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 140 | 24.1 | 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
- Masaka in DecemberUganda · 111 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Mbarara in DecemberUganda · 153 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Nyagatare in DecemberRwanda · 166 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Katabi in DecemberUganda · 174 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 161 mm rain
- Sengerema in DecemberTanzania · 175 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Geita in DecemberTanzania · 178 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 191 mm rain
- Mwanza in DecemberTanzania · 179 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 224 mm rain
- Rutoma in DecemberUganda · 180 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 116 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 Bukoba) is explained once on the Bukoba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.