Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbarara weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 10th 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 Mbarara: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutoma (30 km away). In December its highs average 24.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Mbarara, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mbarara ranks joint 9th of 21 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 25.9°C; Mbarara is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 35 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
Mbarara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 35 | 9.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 38 | 9.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 26.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 66 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 85 | 19.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 65 | 15.8 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 26 | 6.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 26.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 13 | 3.5 | 12.112 h |
| August | 26.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 46 | 11.1 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 70 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 101 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 103 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 25.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 61 | 15.2 | 12.212 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
- Rutoma in DecemberUganda · 30 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Ibanda in DecemberUganda · 55 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Nyagatare in DecemberRwanda · 85 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Masaka in DecemberUganda · 124 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Rutshuru in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 148 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Musanze in DecemberRwanda · 150 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Bukoba in DecemberTanzania · 153 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Mubende in DecemberUganda · 154 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 72 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 Mbarara) is explained once on the Mbarara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.