Climate averages 1991–2020

Hoima weather
in December.

A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.3°C Daytime mean, December

Average low 18.2°C Night-time mean, December

Rainfall 166 mm 19 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

December is a warm month in Hoima: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Masindi (48 km away). In December its highs average 28.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Hoima, with 58 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Hoima ranks 6th of 21 for the warmest December highs and 20th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 25.9°C; Hoima is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 166 mm to 66 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Hoima climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Hoima, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.7°C18.8°C	18.8°C	66	10.6	12.012 h
February	30.1°C19.5°C	19.5°C	63	11.2	12.112 h
March	28.9°C19.5°C	19.5°C	199	22.0	12.112 h
April	27.1°C18.8°C	18.8°C	291	27.2	12.112 h
May	26.7°C18.4°C	18.4°C	251	27.9	12.212 h
June	26.6°C18.1°C	18.1°C	174	23.3	12.212 h
July	26.5°C18.0°C	18.0°C	164	23.6	12.212 h
August	26.4°C18.0°C	18.0°C	231	27.8	12.212 h
September	26.5°C18.1°C	18.1°C	280	28.5	12.112 h
October	26.0°C18.3°C	18.3°C	376	30.2	12.112 h
November	26.2°C18.3°C	18.3°C	352	27.6	12.112 h
December, selected	27.3°C18.2°C	18.2°C	166	18.5	12.012 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

Distance from Hoima

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Hoima) is explained once on the Hoima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.