Climate averages 1991–2020
Masaka weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Masaka: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mityana (89 km away). In December its highs average 25.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Masaka, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Masaka ranks joint 18th of 21 for the warmest December highs and 8th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 25.9°C; Masaka is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 78 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
Masaka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 78 | 16.7 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 78 | 16.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 25.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 117 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 143 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 23.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 112 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 56 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 24.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 39 | 8.8 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 79 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 103 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 125 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 133 | 23.9 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 24.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 94 | 19.7 | 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
- Mityana in DecemberUganda · 89 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 106 mm rain
- Katabi in DecemberUganda · 94 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 161 mm rain
- Mubende in DecemberUganda · 106 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Kajansi in DecemberUganda · 108 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Kyengera in DecemberUganda · 110 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Bukoba in DecemberTanzania · 111 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Nansana in DecemberUganda · 118 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Kampala in DecemberUganda · 119 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 133 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 Masaka) is explained once on the Masaka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.