Climate averages 1991–2020
Vwawa weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Vwawa: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 224 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tunduma (28 km away). In December its highs average 24.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Vwawa, with 249 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Vwawa ranks 35th 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; Vwawa is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 224 mm to 240 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
Vwawa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 240 | 26.8 | 12.613 h |
| February | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 191 | 23.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 24.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 256 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 160 | 20.0 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 23 | 4.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 23.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 23.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 24 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 102 | 14.4 | 12.513 h |
| December, selected | 24.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 224 | 24.0 | 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
- Tunduma in DecemberTanzania · 28 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 249 mm rain
- Nakonde in DecemberZambia · 33 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 249 mm rain
- Katumba in DecemberTanzania · 76 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 400 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in DecemberTanzania · 193 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 282 mm rain
- Njombe in DecemberTanzania · 203 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Makumbako in DecemberTanzania · 210 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 162 mm rain
- Kasama in DecemberZambia · 228 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 267 mm rain
- Mafinga in DecemberTanzania · 274 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 288 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 Vwawa) is explained once on the Vwawa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.