Climate averages 1991–2020
Mpanda weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 10th 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 Mpanda: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baudhuinville (169 km away). In December its highs average 25.3°C, 1.8°C cooler than Mpanda, with 216 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mpanda ranks joint 20th of 43 for the warmest December highs and 30th of 43 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Mpanda is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 165 mm to 176 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
Mpanda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 176 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 147 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 156 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 116 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 20 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 28.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 30.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 25 | 4.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 101 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 27.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 165 | 23.7 | 12.512 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
- Baudhuinville in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 216 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in DecemberTanzania · 190 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 282 mm rain
- Kalemie in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 123 mm rain
- Kasulu in DecemberTanzania · 224 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 257 mm rain
- Kigoma in DecemberTanzania · 228 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 298 mm rain
- Tabora in DecemberTanzania · 244 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Kahama in DecemberTanzania · 327 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Kalima in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 330 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 223 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 Mpanda) is explained once on the Mpanda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.