Climate averages 1991–2020
Mafinga weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Mafinga: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 288 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a very wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iringa (74 km away). In December its highs average 24.2°C, 1.1°C warmer than Mafinga, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mafinga ranks 41st of 43 for the warmest December highs and 41st of 43 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Mafinga is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 288 mm to 319 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
Mafinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 319 | 26.4 | 12.513 h |
| February | 22.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 271 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| March | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 288 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 21.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 109 | 16.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 20.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 19.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 20.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 22.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 15 | 3.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 24.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 106 | 10.4 | 12.512 h |
| December, selected | 23.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 288 | 22.1 | 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 · 74 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 131 mm rain
- Makumbako in DecemberTanzania · 79 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 162 mm rain
- Njombe in DecemberTanzania · 130 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Ifakara in DecemberTanzania · 154 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Katumba in DecemberTanzania · 211 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 400 mm rain
- Dodoma in DecemberTanzania · 242 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Kilosa in DecemberTanzania · 248 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Songea in DecemberTanzania · 268 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 224 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 Mafinga) is explained once on the Mafinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.