Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutoma weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Rutoma: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes December a wet month (the joint 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 Mbarara (30 km away). In December its highs average 25.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Rutoma, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Rutoma ranks 15th of 21 for the warmest December highs and joint 10th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 25.9°C; Rutoma is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 80 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
Rutoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 80 | 14.0 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 80 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| March | 25.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 121 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 144 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 117 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 52 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| July | 25.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 28 | 4.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 25.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 89 | 13.1 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 116 | 18.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 163 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 158 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 24.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 116 | 18.0 | 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
- Mbarara in DecemberUganda · 30 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Ibanda in DecemberUganda · 50 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Nyagatare in DecemberRwanda · 81 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Rutshuru in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Musanze in DecemberRwanda · 133 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Butembo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 145 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Masaka in DecemberUganda · 152 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Kigali in DecemberRwanda · 158 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 92 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 Rutoma) is explained once on the Rutoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.