Bugaragara weather in December

In December, Bugaragara sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 84 mm of rain across 17.5 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-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 8% of the time in December, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of December to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Bugaragara's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bugaragara's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 84 mm; 17.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:52 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 8th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

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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 Bugaragara reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and about 1°C cooler than January.

	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
Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17

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

Bugaragara weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 17°	50	11.8	12.1	6.0
Feb	28° / 17°	54	11.6	12	5.8
Mar	27° / 17°	86	18.2	12	5.1
Apr	26° / 17°	108	21	12	4.6
May	26° / 17°	66	14.9	11.9	5.8
Jun	27° / 16°	16	4.1	11.9	7.2
Jul	27° / 16°	5	1.3	11.9	7.5
Aug	28° / 17°	30	7	12	6.6
Sep	27° / 16°	59	14.3	12	5.6
Oct	27° / 16°	98	20.2	12	4.9
Nov	26° / 16°	121	22.6	12.1	4.5
Dec	26° / 16°	84	17.5	12.1	5.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

	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 (%)	22	22	23	23	23	24	25	26	26	27	27	28	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Cloudier (%)	78	78	77	77	77	76	75	74	74	73	73	72	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	24	76
7	25	75
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	28	72
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Bugaragara gets around 84 mm of rain over 17.5 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 55% and peaks near 73% 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 (%)	73	73	72	71	70	69	68	67	65	63	61	59	58	56	54	52	51	50	48	47	47	46	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	43	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	72
4	71
5	70
6	69
7	68
8	67
9	65
10	63
11	61
12	59
13	58
14	56
15	54
16	52
17	51
18	50
19	48
20	47
21	47
22	46
23	45
24	45
25	44
26	44
27	44
28	43
29	43
30	43
31	43

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the humid band about 77% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Comfortable (%)	10	10	11	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	32	32	33	33	34
Humid (%)	90	90	89	89	88	87	86	85	84	83	82	81	80	78	77	76	75	74	72	71	71	70	70	69	69	68	67	67	66	66	65

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	0	10	90
2	0	10	90
3	0	11	89
4	0	11	89
5	0	12	88
6	0	13	87
7	0	14	86
8	0	15	85
9	0	16	84
10	0	17	83
11	0	18	82
12	0	19	81
13	0	20	80
14	0	22	78
15	0	23	77
16	0	24	76
17	0	25	75
18	0	26	74
19	1	27	72
20	1	28	71
21	1	28	71
22	1	29	70
23	1	29	70
24	1	30	69
25	1	30	69
26	1	31	68
27	1	32	67
28	1	32	67
29	1	33	66
30	1	33	66
31	1	34	65

Wind in December

Winds average 5 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
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31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of December to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:04 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)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59
Sunset (PM)	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:46	5:50
2	12.1	5:46	5:51
3	12.1	5:47	5:51
4	12.1	5:47	5:51
5	12.1	5:48	5:52
6	12.1	5:48	5:52
7	12.1	5:48	5:53
8	12.1	5:49	5:53
9	12.1	5:49	5:54
10	12.1	5:50	5:54
11	12.1	5:50	5:54
12	12.1	5:50	5:55
13	12.1	5:51	5:55
14	12.1	5:51	5:56
15	12.1	5:52	5:56
16	12.1	5:52	5:57
17	12.1	5:53	5:57
18	12.1	5:53	5:58
19	12.1	5:54	5:58
20	12.1	5:54	5:59
21	12.1	5:55	5:59
22	12.1	5:55	6:00
23	12.1	5:56	6:00
24	12.1	5:56	6:01
25	12.1	5:57	6:01
26	12.1	5:57	6:01
27	12.1	5:57	6:02
28	12.1	5:58	6:02
29	12.1	5:58	6:03
30	12.1	5:59	6:03
31	12.1	5:59	6:04

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.07 kWh/m² to a high of 5.82 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.41 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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	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	5.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

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

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Bugaragara?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Bugaragara for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bugaragara in December

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

In December, Bugaragara sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

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UV index in Bugaragara in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bugaragara peaks around March 14 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 10 (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)	12	16	16	15	12	10	11	11	14	14	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Bugaragara 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 Bugaragara is worst in January — around 57 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)	57	53	47	41	40	50	49	51	45	43	46	50
Level	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	57	Unhealthy
Feb	53	Poor
Mar	47	Poor
Apr	41	Poor
May	40	Poor
Jun	50	Poor
Jul	49	Poor
Aug	51	Poor
Sep	45	Poor
Oct	43	Poor
Nov	46	Poor
Dec	50	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Bugaragara?

Bugaragara sits at 1.3°S, 30.4°E, 1,388 m above sea level, in Rwanda. The nearest listed city is Umutara, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Bugaragara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bugaragara has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 310 m around an average of 1,422 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 401 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,290 m.

The land around Bugaragara is covered by cropland (70%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and grassland (45%) within 16 km, and grassland (34%), trees (27%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

310 m

cropland 70%

16 km

401 m

cropland 47%

80 km

2,290 m

grassland 34%

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

December weather nearby: Umutara 9.0 km · Nyagatare 9.0 km · Mabare 37 km · Iryango 42 km · Nyachera 44 km · Kabale 47 km · Ntungamo 49 km · Byumba 49 km

Rwanda travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 27% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,124; 2025
Happiness: 3.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2021
Homicide rate: 3.6; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 29.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 417
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 Bugaragara (-1.2929°, 30.4077°, elevation 1,388 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	16
2	26	16
3	26	16
4	26	16
5	26	16
6	26	16
7	26	16
8	26	16
9	26	16
10	26	16
11	26	16
12	26	16
13	26	16
14	26	16
15	26	16
16	26	16
17	26	16
18	26	16
19	26	16
20	26	16
21	26	16
22	26	16
23	26	16
24	26	16
25	26	16
26	26	16
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17
31	27	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	24	76
7	25	75
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	28	72
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	72
4	71
5	70
6	69
7	68
8	67
9	65
10	63
11	61
12	59
13	58
14	56
15	54
16	52
17	51
18	50
19	48
20	47
21	47
22	46
23	45
24	45
25	44
26	44
27	44
28	43
29	43
30	43
31	43

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	0	10	90
2	0	10	90
3	0	11	89
4	0	11	89
5	0	12	88
6	0	13	87
7	0	14	86
8	0	15	85
9	0	16	84
10	0	17	83
11	0	18	82
12	0	19	81
13	0	20	80
14	0	22	78
15	0	23	77
16	0	24	76
17	0	25	75
18	0	26	74
19	1	27	72
20	1	28	71
21	1	28	71
22	1	29	70
23	1	29	70
24	1	30	69
25	1	30	69
26	1	31	68
27	1	32	67
28	1	32	67
29	1	33	66
30	1	33	66
31	1	34	65

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	24	76
7	25	75
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	28	72
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	72
4	71
5	70
6	69
7	68
8	67
9	65
10	63
11	61
12	59
13	58
14	56
15	54
16	52
17	51
18	50
19	48
20	47
21	47
22	46
23	45
24	45
25	44
26	44
27	44
28	43
29	43
30	43
31	43

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	0	10	90
2	0	10	90
3	0	11	89
4	0	11	89
5	0	12	88
6	0	13	87
7	0	14	86
8	0	15	85
9	0	16	84
10	0	17	83
11	0	18	82
12	0	19	81
13	0	20	80
14	0	22	78
15	0	23	77
16	0	24	76
17	0	25	75
18	0	26	74
19	1	27	72
20	1	28	71
21	1	28	71
22	1	29	70
23	1	29	70
24	1	30	69
25	1	30	69
26	1	31	68
27	1	32	67
28	1	32	67
29	1	33	66
30	1	33	66
31	1	34	65

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	24	76
7	25	75
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	28	72
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	72
4	71
5	70
6	69
7	68
8	67
9	65
10	63
11	61
12	59
13	58
14	56
15	54
16	52
17	51
18	50
19	48
20	47
21	47
22	46
23	45
24	45
25	44
26	44
27	44
28	43
29	43
30	43
31	43

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	0	10	90
2	0	10	90
3	0	11	89
4	0	11	89
5	0	12	88
6	0	13	87
7	0	14	86
8	0	15	85
9	0	16	84
10	0	17	83
11	0	18	82
12	0	19	81
13	0	20	80
14	0	22	78
15	0	23	77
16	0	24	76
17	0	25	75
18	0	26	74
19	1	27	72
20	1	28	71
21	1	28	71
22	1	29	70
23	1	29	70
24	1	30	69
25	1	30	69
26	1	31	68
27	1	32	67
28	1	32	67
29	1	33	66
30	1	33	66
31	1	34	65