Climate averages 1991–2020
Dodoma weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd 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 Dodoma: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kondoa (142 km away). In December its highs average 27.4°C, 2.2°C cooler than Dodoma, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Dodoma ranks joint 11th of 43 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 43 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Dodoma is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 104 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
Dodoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 104 | 14.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 82 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 87 | 11.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 42 | 7.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 6.0 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 26.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 3.5 | 0.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 31.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 24 | 3.0 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 29.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 80 | 9.7 | 12.512 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
- Kondoa in DecemberTanzania · 142 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Kilosa in DecemberTanzania · 156 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Iringa in DecemberTanzania · 177 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 131 mm rain
- Singida in DecemberTanzania · 187 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 119 mm rain
- Morogoro in DecemberTanzania · 224 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Ifakara in DecemberTanzania · 242 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Mafinga in DecemberTanzania · 242 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 288 mm rain
- Handeni in DecemberTanzania · 265 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 Dodoma) is explained once on the Dodoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.