Climate averages 1991–2020
Kira weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Kira: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kampala (11 km away). In December its highs average 24.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kira, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Kira ranks 14th of 21 for the warmest December highs and 16th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 25.9°C; Kira is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 mm to 110 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
Kira climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 110 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 106 | 18.6 | 12.112 h |
| March | 25.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 174 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 235 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 215 | 28.4 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 154 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 24.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 133 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 171 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 179 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 212 | 28.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 208 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 24.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 145 | 23.1 | 12.112 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
- Kampala in DecemberUganda · 11 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Nansana in DecemberUganda · 12 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Mukono in DecemberUganda · 15 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 154 mm rain
- Kyengera in DecemberUganda · 19 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Kajansi in DecemberUganda · 23 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Lugazi in DecemberUganda · 34 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 176 mm rain
- Katabi in DecemberUganda · 40 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 161 mm rain
- Njeru in DecemberUganda · 61 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 153 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 Kira) is explained once on the Kira year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.