Climate averages 1991–2020
Handeni weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Handeni: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tanga (126 km away). In December its highs average 31.4°C, 2.1°C warmer than Handeni, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Handeni ranks 13th of 43 for the warmest December highs and 23rd of 43 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Handeni is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 141 mm to 119 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
Handeni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 119 | 14.5 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 110 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 160 | 22.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 189 | 26.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 25.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 123 | 19.1 | 11.912 h |
| June | 24.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 36 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 29 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| August | 24.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 41 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| September | 26.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 38 | 10.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 81 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 107 | 19.5 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 29.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 141 | 20.7 | 12.412 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
- Tanga in DecemberTanzania · 126 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in DecemberTanzania · 149 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 95 mm rain
- Zanzibar in DecemberTanzania · 154 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Morogoro in DecemberTanzania · 159 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Kibaha in DecemberTanzania · 179 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Kilosa in DecemberTanzania · 193 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in DecemberTanzania · 208 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Ukunda in DecemberKenya · 213 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.6°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 Handeni) is explained once on the Handeni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.