Climate averages 1991–2020
Ifakara weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Ifakara: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iringa (116 km away). In December its highs average 24.2°C, 7.8°C cooler than Ifakara, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Ifakara ranks 1st of 43 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 43 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Ifakara is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 129 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
Ifakara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 129 | 17.2 | 12.513 h |
| February | 30.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 119 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 178 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 156 | 23.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 52 | 10.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 8.3 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 7.0 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 9.3 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 7.1 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 20 | 4.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 36 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| December, selected | 32.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 87 | 14.8 | 12.613 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
- Iringa in DecemberTanzania · 116 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 131 mm rain
- Kilosa in DecemberTanzania · 148 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Mafinga in DecemberTanzania · 154 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 288 mm rain
- Morogoro in DecemberTanzania · 181 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Makumbako in DecemberTanzania · 219 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 162 mm rain
- Dodoma in DecemberTanzania · 242 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Njombe in DecemberTanzania · 250 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Kibaha in DecemberTanzania · 289 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 104 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 Ifakara) is explained once on the Ifakara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.