Climate averages 1991–2020
Mukono weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Mukono: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 154 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a wet month (the 7th 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 Kira (15 km away). In December its highs average 24.9°C, about as warm as Mukono, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mukono ranks joint 11th of 21 for the warmest December highs and 18th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 25.9°C; Mukono is 1.0°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 154 mm to 124 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
Mukono climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 124 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 116 | 19.4 | 12.112 h |
| March | 25.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 186 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 244 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 212 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 145 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 24.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 118 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 136 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 140 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 170 | 27.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 200 | 27.9 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 25.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 154 | 24.8 | 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
- Kira in DecemberUganda · 15 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 145 mm rain
- Kampala in DecemberUganda · 20 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Lugazi in DecemberUganda · 20 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 176 mm rain
- Nansana in DecemberUganda · 25 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Kajansi in DecemberUganda · 29 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Kyengera in DecemberUganda · 29 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Katabi in DecemberUganda · 44 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 161 mm rain
- Njeru in DecemberUganda · 48 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 Mukono) is explained once on the Mukono year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.