Climate averages 1991–2020
Makumbako weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Makumbako: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 162 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Njombe (56 km away). In December its highs average 21.7°C, 2.3°C cooler than Makumbako, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Makumbako ranks joint 39th of 43 for the warmest December highs and 28th of 43 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Makumbako is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 162 mm to 189 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
Makumbako climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 189 | 25.8 | 12.613 h |
| February | 23.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 150 | 22.5 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 160 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 49 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| May | 21.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 5.1 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.7°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| July | 20.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 21.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| September | 23.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 2.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 25.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 57 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| December, selected | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 162 | 20.5 | 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
- Njombe in DecemberTanzania · 56 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Mafinga in DecemberTanzania · 79 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 288 mm rain
- Katumba in DecemberTanzania · 140 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 400 mm rain
- Iringa in DecemberTanzania · 154 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 131 mm rain
- Vwawa in DecemberTanzania · 210 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 224 mm rain
- Ifakara in DecemberTanzania · 219 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Songea in DecemberTanzania · 223 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 224 mm rain
- Tunduma in DecemberTanzania · 232 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 249 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 Makumbako) is explained once on the Makumbako year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.