Climate averages 1991–2020
Kilosa weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd 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 Kilosa: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Morogoro (75 km away). In December its highs average 30.1°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kilosa, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kilosa ranks 4th of 43 for the warmest December highs and 9th of 43 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Kilosa is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 145 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
Kilosa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 145 | 15.2 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 144 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 153 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 116 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 52 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| June | 26.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 12 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 8.4 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| August | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 13 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 12 | 3.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 35 | 7.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 52 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 31.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 101 | 13.4 | 12.513 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
- Morogoro in DecemberTanzania · 75 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Ifakara in DecemberTanzania · 148 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Dodoma in DecemberTanzania · 156 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Iringa in DecemberTanzania · 176 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 131 mm rain
- Handeni in DecemberTanzania · 193 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.8°C · 141 mm rain
- Kibaha in DecemberTanzania · 214 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in DecemberTanzania · 217 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 95 mm rain
- Mafinga in DecemberTanzania · 248 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 288 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 Kilosa) is explained once on the Kilosa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.