Climate averages 1991–2020
Singida weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 4th 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 Singida: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th 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 Kondoa (116 km away). In December its highs average 27.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Singida, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Singida ranks 27th of 43 for the warmest December highs and 15th of 43 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Singida is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 119 mm to 143 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
Singida climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 143 | 16.5 | 12.412 h |
| February | 26.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 101 | 13.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 25.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 113 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 65 | 8.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 25.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 12 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 25.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 26.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.5°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 5.5 | 1.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 49 | 5.5 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 26.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 119 | 13.6 | 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
- Kondoa in DecemberTanzania · 116 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Nzega in DecemberTanzania · 185 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 134 mm rain
- Dodoma in DecemberTanzania · 187 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Shinyanga in DecemberTanzania · 195 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Tabora in DecemberTanzania · 214 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Bariadi in DecemberTanzania · 240 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 148 mm rain
- Kahama in DecemberTanzania · 262 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Arusha in DecemberTanzania · 269 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 108 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 Singida) is explained once on the Singida year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.