Gitarama weather in December

In December, Gitarama sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 117 mm of rain across 19.1 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in December, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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 Gitarama's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gitarama's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 117 mm; 19.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:54 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 8th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Gitarama is city in Rwanda.

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 23°C through the month.

A typical December day in Gitarama reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with 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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	13
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20	24	13
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25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	24	13
31	24	13

Gitarama weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 14°	134	20	12.1	5.2
Feb	24° / 14°	117	18.7	12.1	5.1
Mar	24° / 14°	121	20.9	12	5.0
Apr	23° / 14°	135	24.5	12	4.3
May	23° / 14°	78	17.2	11.9	5.6
Jun	23° / 14°	17	4.4	11.9	7.5
Jul	24° / 14°	7	1.7	11.9	8.1
Aug	25° / 14°	25	5.2	11.9	7.5
Sep	25° / 14°	54	10.6	12	6.5
Oct	24° / 14°	116	18.9	12	5.3
Nov	23° / 13°	123	21.5	12.1	4.7
Dec	23° / 13°	117	19.1	12.1	5.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

	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 (%)	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Cloudier (%)	86	86	85	84	84	83	83	82	81	81	80	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79

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

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Gitarama gets around 117 mm of rain over 19.1 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 62% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	66	66	65	64	64	63	63	62	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	62	62	62	63	63	63	64	64	65	65	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	65
4	64
5	64
6	63
7	63
8	62
9	61
10	61
11	60
12	60
13	60
14	60
15	60
16	60
17	60
18	61
19	61
20	61
21	62
22	62
23	62
24	63
25	63
26	63
27	64
28	64
29	65
30	65
31	65

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the comfortable band about 80% 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 (%)	10	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17
Comfortable (%)	87	87	86	85	85	84	83	83	82	82	81	80	80	79	79	79	78	78	78	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	78
Humid (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5

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

Wind in December

Winds average 5 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	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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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

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 5:47 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 6:08 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)	5:47	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	5:54	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
Sunset (PM)	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	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:47	5:54
2	12.1	5:48	5:54
3	12.1	5:48	5:55
4	12.1	5:48	5:55
5	12.1	5:49	5:56
6	12.1	5:49	5:56
7	12.1	5:50	5:57
8	12.1	5:50	5:57
9	12.1	5:50	5:57
10	12.1	5:51	5:58
11	12.1	5:51	5:58
12	12.1	5:52	5:59
13	12.1	5:52	5:59
14	12.1	5:53	6:00
15	12.1	5:53	6:00
16	12.1	5:54	6:01
17	12.1	5:54	6:01
18	12.1	5:54	6:02
19	12.1	5:55	6:02
20	12.1	5:55	6:03
21	12.1	5:56	6:03
22	12.1	5:56	6:04
23	12.1	5:57	6:04
24	12.1	5:57	6:04
25	12.1	5:58	6:05
26	12.1	5:58	6:05
27	12.1	5:59	6:06
28	12.1	5:59	6:06
29	12.1	6:00	6:07
30	12.1	6:00	6:07
31	12.1	6:01	6:08

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.48 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.07 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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
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27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Gitarama?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Gitarama for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gitarama in December

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

In December, Gitarama sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Gitarama 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 Gitarama peaks around March 17 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)	11	15	16	15	12	10	11	11	14	14	13	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	15	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	13	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Gitarama 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 Gitarama is worst in January — around 82 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	73	66	66	75	67	72	72	68	72	77
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	73	Unhealthy
Apr	66	Unhealthy
May	66	Unhealthy
Jun	75	Unhealthy
Jul	67	Unhealthy
Aug	72	Unhealthy
Sep	72	Unhealthy
Oct	68	Unhealthy
Nov	72	Unhealthy
Dec	77	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Gitarama?

Gitarama sits at 2.1°S, 29.8°E, 1,824 m above sea level, in Rwanda. The nearest listed city is Muhanga, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Gitarama

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gitarama has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m around an average of 1,834 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 775 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,145 m.

The land around Gitarama is covered by cropland (35%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (41%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%), trees (25%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

247 m

cropland 35%

16 km

775 m

cropland 41%

80 km

3,145 m

cropland 36%

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

December weather nearby: Muhanga 8.0 km · Ruhango 17 km · Mugina 21 km · Ngororero 28 km · Kamuhanda / Ruyenzi 28 km · Nyanza 31 km · Shyorongi 33 km · Kigali 36 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 Gitarama (-2.0744°, 29.7567°, elevation 1,824 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	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	13
6	23	13
7	23	13
8	23	13
9	23	13
10	23	13
11	23	13
12	23	13
13	23	13
14	23	13
15	23	13
16	23	13
17	23	13
18	23	13
19	23	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	24	13
31	24	13

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	65
4	64
5	64
6	63
7	63
8	62
9	61
10	61
11	60
12	60
13	60
14	60
15	60
16	60
17	60
18	61
19	61
20	61
21	62
22	62
23	62
24	63
25	63
26	63
27	64
28	64
29	65
30	65
31	65

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

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	65
4	64
5	64
6	63
7	63
8	62
9	61
10	61
11	60
12	60
13	60
14	60
15	60
16	60
17	60
18	61
19	61
20	61
21	62
22	62
23	62
24	63
25	63
26	63
27	64
28	64
29	65
30	65
31	65

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

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	65
4	64
5	64
6	63
7	63
8	62
9	61
10	61
11	60
12	60
13	60
14	60
15	60
16	60
17	60
18	61
19	61
20	61
21	62
22	62
23	62
24	63
25	63
26	63
27	64
28	64
29	65
30	65
31	65

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