Climate averages 1991–2020
Kondoa weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Kondoa: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singida (116 km away). In December its highs average 26.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Kondoa, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kondoa ranks 16th of 43 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 43 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Kondoa is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 101 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
Kondoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 101 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 81 | 11.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 108 | 13.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 79 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 27 | 5.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 25.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 25.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 8.4 | 1.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 41 | 5.0 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 27.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 81 | 11.3 | 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
- Singida in DecemberTanzania · 116 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 119 mm rain
- Dodoma in DecemberTanzania · 142 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Arusha in DecemberTanzania · 198 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Kilosa in DecemberTanzania · 253 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Handeni in DecemberTanzania · 254 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.8°C · 141 mm rain
- Shinyanga in DecemberTanzania · 296 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Morogoro in DecemberTanzania · 298 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Nzega in DecemberTanzania · 298 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 134 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 Kondoa) is explained once on the Kondoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.