Climate averages 1991–2020
Sengerema weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: one of the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Sengerema: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwanza (32 km away). In December its highs average 24.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Sengerema, with 224 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Sengerema ranks joint 31st of 43 for the warmest December highs and 31st of 43 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Sengerema is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 167 mm to 112 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
Sengerema climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 112 | 18.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 85 | 13.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 122 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 128 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 44 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 19 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 7.7 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 34 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 66 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 144 | 19.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 197 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 25.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 167 | 23.0 | 12.312 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
- Mwanza in DecemberTanzania · 32 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 224 mm rain
- Geita in DecemberTanzania · 52 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 191 mm rain
- Katoro in DecemberTanzania · 88 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 201 mm rain
- Ushirombo in DecemberTanzania · 119 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 151 mm rain
- Kahama in DecemberTanzania · 130 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Shinyanga in DecemberTanzania · 140 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Bariadi in DecemberTanzania · 149 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 148 mm rain
- Bunda in DecemberTanzania · 153 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 164 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 Sengerema) is explained once on the Sengerema year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.