Climate averages 1991–2020
Kigoma weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Kigoma: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 298 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasulu (62 km away). In December its highs average 25.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Kigoma, with 257 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kigoma ranks joint 28th of 43 for the warmest December highs and 42nd of 43 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Kigoma is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 298 mm to 255 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
Kigoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 255 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 26.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 203 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| March | 26.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 271 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 264 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 104 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 26.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 6.2 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 24 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 142 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 276 | 27.0 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 25.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 298 | 29.5 | 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
- Kasulu in DecemberTanzania · 62 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 257 mm rain
- Kalemie in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 123 mm rain
- Gitega in DecemberBurundi · 165 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Bujumbura in DecemberBurundi · 169 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 156 mm rain
- Kalima in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 170 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 223 mm rain
- Uvira in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 156 mm rain
- Mpanda in DecemberTanzania · 228 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.3°C · 165 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 246 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 216 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 Kigoma) is explained once on the Kigoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.