Climate averages 1991–2020
Kotido weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kotido: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lira (159 km away). In December its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Kotido, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Kotido ranks 2nd of 21 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 25.9°C; Kotido is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 8.3 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
Kotido climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.3 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 9.9 | 1.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 38 | 6.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 76 | 11.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 86 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 106 | 15.4 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 123 | 18.4 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 101 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 44 | 6.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 46 | 8.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 27 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| December, selected | 29.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 13 | 3.1 | 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
- Lira in DecemberUganda · 159 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Lodwar in DecemberKenya · 163 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Gulu in DecemberUganda · 205 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Kitale in DecemberKenya · 239 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Busia in DecemberKenya · 280 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Eldoret in DecemberKenya · 301 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Njeru in DecemberUganda · 302 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 153 mm rain
- Masindi in DecemberUganda · 305 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 58 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 Kotido) is explained once on the Kotido year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.