Climate averages 1991–2020
Mubende weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Mubende: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mityana (72 km away). In December its highs average 25.4°C, about as warm as Mubende, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mubende ranks 7th of 21 for the warmest December highs and 7th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 25.9°C; Mubende is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 41 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
Mubende climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 41 | 9.4 | 12.112 h |
| February | 28.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 44 | 10.4 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 97 | 17.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 119 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 96 | 22.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 49 | 12.7 | 12.212 h |
| July | 25.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 36 | 9.8 | 12.112 h |
| August | 25.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 83 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 102 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 144 | 25.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 132 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 25.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 72 | 14.3 | 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 · 72 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 106 mm rain
- Hoima in DecemberUganda · 97 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 166 mm rain
- Masaka in DecemberUganda · 106 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Ibanda in DecemberUganda · 126 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Kyengera in DecemberUganda · 126 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Nansana in DecemberUganda · 128 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Masindi in DecemberUganda · 129 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Katabi in DecemberUganda · 131 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 161 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 Mubende) is explained once on the Mubende year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.