Kimilili weather in December

In December, Kimilili sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 66 mm of rain across 8.5 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of December to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kimilili's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kimilili's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 66 mm; 8.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:39 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

Kimilili is human settlement.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical December day in Kimilili reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C warmer than November and about 1°C cooler than January.

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Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	14
2	26	14
3	26	14
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30	27	14
31	27	14

Kimilili weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 14°	60	7.8	12	6.9
Feb	28° / 15°	66	6.6	12	6.4
Mar	28° / 15°	125	11.6	12	6.0
Apr	26° / 16°	189	20.3	12	4.8
May	25° / 15°	213	22.1	12	5.0
Jun	24° / 14°	213	22.2	12	4.9
Jul	23° / 14°	223	27.1	12	4.1
Aug	23° / 14°	266	26.4	12	4.3
Sep	24° / 14°	175	18.5	12	5.5
Oct	25° / 15°	140	19.2	12	5.3
Nov	25° / 15°	104	16	12	5.6
Dec	26° / 14°	66	8.5	12	6.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	36	37	37	39	40	41	42	44	45	47	49	50	51	53	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	56	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	53	52
Cloudier (%)	64	63	63	61	60	59	58	56	55	53	51	50	49	47	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	47	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	39	61
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	47	53
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	53	47
15	54	46
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29	54	46
30	53	47
31	52	48

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Kimilili gets around 66 mm of rain over 8.5 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 28% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	37	36	35	35	34	33	32	32	31	30	29	29	28	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	36
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	33
7	32
8	32
9	31
10	30
11	29
12	29
13	28
14	27
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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 84% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)	77	78	79	79	80	80	81	82	82	83	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87
Comfortable (%)	23	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	77	23
2	78	22
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	81	19
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	85	15
15	85	15
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17	86	14
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26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	87	13
31	87	13

Wind in December

Winds average 6 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of December to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:43 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46
Sunset (PM)	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:32	6:30
2	12.0	6:33	6:30
3	12.0	6:33	6:30
4	12.0	6:33	6:31
5	12.0	6:34	6:31
6	12.0	6:34	6:32
7	12.0	6:35	6:32
8	12.0	6:35	6:32
9	12.0	6:35	6:33
10	12.0	6:36	6:33
11	12.0	6:36	6:34
12	12.0	6:37	6:34
13	12.0	6:37	6:35
14	12.0	6:38	6:35
15	12.0	6:38	6:35
16	12.0	6:39	6:36
17	12.0	6:39	6:36
18	12.0	6:40	6:37
19	12.0	6:40	6:37
20	12.0	6:41	6:38
21	12.0	6:41	6:38
22	12.0	6:41	6:39
23	12.0	6:42	6:39
24	12.0	6:42	6:40
25	12.0	6:43	6:40
26	12.0	6:43	6:41
27	12.0	6:44	6:41
28	12.0	6:44	6:42
29	12.0	6:45	6:42
30	12.0	6:45	6:42
31	12.0	6:46	6:43

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.33 kWh/m² to a high of 6.39 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.46 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
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27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Kimilili?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.8

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

6.6

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Kimilili for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kimilili in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Kimilili sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kimilili in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kimilili peaks around March 14 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	16	16	15	12	11	11	12	14	14	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Kimilili in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kimilili is worst in December — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	82	80	79	74	73	78	74	70	71	75	81	83
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	82	Unhealthy
Feb	80	Unhealthy
Mar	79	Unhealthy
Apr	74	Unhealthy
May	73	Unhealthy
Jun	78	Unhealthy
Jul	74	Unhealthy
Aug	70	Unhealthy
Sep	71	Unhealthy
Oct	75	Unhealthy
Nov	81	Unhealthy
Dec	83	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Kimilili?

Kimilili sits at 0.8°N, 34.7°E, 1,697 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Webuye, 22 km away.

Topography around Kimilili

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kimilili.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kimilili has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m around an average of 1,686 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,120 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,231 m.

The land around Kimilili is covered by trees (44%) and cropland (36%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%), trees (27%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

124 m

trees 44%

16 km

1,120 m

cropland 45%

80 km

3,231 m

cropland 36%

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← November Kimilili year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Webuye 22 km · Kiminini 26 km · Bungoma 30 km · Kitale 41 km · Moi‘s Bridge 46 km · Malaba 51 km · Manafwa 53 km · Malaba 53 km

Kenya travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type G; 240 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $2,363; 2025
Happiness: 4.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.9; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 28.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 593
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kimilili (0.7877°, 34.7156°, elevation 1,697 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	14
2	26	14
3	26	14
4	26	14
5	26	14
6	26	14
7	26	14
8	26	14
9	26	14
10	26	14
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17	26	14
18	27	14
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24	27	14
25	27	14
26	27	14
27	27	14
28	27	14
29	27	14
30	27	14
31	27	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	39	61
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	47	53
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	53	47
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	36
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	33
7	32
8	32
9	31
10	30
11	29
12	29
13	28
14	27
15	27
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	25
20	25
21	25
22	25
23	24
24	24
25	24
26	24
27	24
28	24
29	24
30	23
31	23

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	77	23
2	78	22
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	81	19
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	14
2	26	14
3	26	14
4	26	14
5	26	14
6	26	14
7	26	14
8	26	14
9	26	14
10	26	14
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17	26	14
18	27	14
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25	27	14
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28	27	14
29	27	14
30	27	14
31	27	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	39	61
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	47	53
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	53	47
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	55	45
18	55	45
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20	55	45
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22	56	44
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24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	36
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	33
7	32
8	32
9	31
10	30
11	29
12	29
13	28
14	27
15	27
16	26
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18	26
19	25
20	25
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23	24
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25	24
26	24
27	24
28	24
29	24
30	23
31	23

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	77	23
2	78	22
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	81	19
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	14
2	26	14
3	26	14
4	26	14
5	26	14
6	26	14
7	26	14
8	26	14
9	26	14
10	26	14
11	26	14
12	26	14
13	26	14
14	26	14
15	26	14
16	26	14
17	26	14
18	27	14
19	27	14
20	27	14
21	27	14
22	27	14
23	27	14
24	27	14
25	27	14
26	27	14
27	27	14
28	27	14
29	27	14
30	27	14
31	27	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	39	61
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	47	53
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	53	47
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	36
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	33
7	32
8	32
9	31
10	30
11	29
12	29
13	28
14	27
15	27
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	25
20	25
21	25
22	25
23	24
24	24
25	24
26	24
27	24
28	24
29	24
30	23
31	23

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	77	23
2	78	22
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	81	19
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	87	13
31	87	13