Climate averages 1991–2020
Songea weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Songea: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 224 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Njombe (177 km away). In December its highs average 21.7°C, 5.5°C cooler than Songea, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Songea ranks joint 17th of 43 for the warmest December highs and joint 35th of 43 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Songea is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 224 mm to 315 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
Songea climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 315 | 27.1 | 12.713 h |
| February | 26.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 273 | 24.8 | 12.512 h |
| March | 25.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 261 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 129 | 20.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 29 | 6.4 | 11.612 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 4.3 | 1.3 | 11.512 h |
| July | 22.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| August | 24.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 5.1 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 4.2 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 22 | 5.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 71 | 9.2 | 12.613 h |
| December, selected | 27.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 224 | 21.4 | 12.713 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 · 177 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Mzuzu in DecemberMalawi · 198 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 246 mm rain
- Makumbako in DecemberTanzania · 223 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 162 mm rain
- Mafinga in DecemberTanzania · 268 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 288 mm rain
- Katumba in DecemberTanzania · 275 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 400 mm rain
- Lichinga in DecemberMozambique · 296 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 236 mm rain
- Ifakara in DecemberTanzania · 305 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Iringa in DecemberTanzania · 324 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 131 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 Songea) is explained once on the Songea year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.