Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunda weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Bunda: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musoma (59 km away). In December its highs average 25.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Bunda, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bunda ranks joint 25th of 43 for the warmest December highs and 29th of 43 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Bunda is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 164 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
Bunda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 120 | 18.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 97 | 15.1 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 145 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 171 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 81 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 25 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 12 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 34 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 56 | 10.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 113 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 26.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 172 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 26.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 164 | 22.2 | 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
- Musoma in DecemberTanzania · 59 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 140 mm rain
- Bariadi in DecemberTanzania · 87 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 148 mm rain
- Tarime in DecemberTanzania · 93 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 147 mm rain
- Mwanza in DecemberTanzania · 121 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 224 mm rain
- Migori in DecemberKenya · 126 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 169 mm rain
- Sengerema in DecemberTanzania · 153 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Kisii in DecemberKenya · 179 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 216 mm rain
- Shinyanga in DecemberTanzania · 189 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 113 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 Bunda) is explained once on the Bunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.