Kigoma weather in December

In December, Kigoma sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 298 mm of rain across 29.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-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 2% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of December to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kigoma's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kigoma's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 298 mm; 29.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:49 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover: 85%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Kigoma is city in Tanzania.

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 Kigoma reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 5°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 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)	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	26
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	21
2	26	21
3	26	21
4	26	21
5	26	21
6	26	21
7	26	21
8	26	21
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22	26	21
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24	26	21
25	26	21
26	26	21
27	26	21
28	26	21
29	26	21
30	26	21
31	26	21

Kigoma weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 21°	254	28	12.3	3.7
Feb	27° / 22°	201	23.8	12.2	4.0
Mar	27° / 21°	271	27.9	12	3.8
Apr	27° / 21°	264	26.3	11.9	3.8
May	28° / 21°	104	15.6	11.8	5.6
Jun	28° / 21°	11	2.2	11.7	7.1
Jul	29° / 20°	1	0.3	11.7	7.3
Aug	30° / 21°	6	1.2	11.8	6.5
Sep	30° / 22°	24	4.9	12	5.5
Oct	28° / 22°	142	18	12.1	4.7
Nov	26° / 21°	276	27	12.2	3.7
Dec	26° / 21°	298	29.5	12.3	3.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

	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 (%)	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Cloudier (%)	92	92	93	93	93	92	92	92	91	91	91	90	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	10	90
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	14	86

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Kigoma gets around 298 mm of rain over 29.5 wet days in December, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 95% and peaks near 96% 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 (%)	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	95
2	95
3	95
4	95
5	96
6	96
7	96
8	96
9	96
10	96
11	95
12	95
13	95
14	95
15	95
16	95
17	95
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	94
22	94
23	94
24	94
25	94
26	94
27	94
28	94
29	93
30	93
31	93

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the muggy band about 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Muggy (%)	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	92	92	91	91	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	88
Oppressive (%)	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	88	12

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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of December to 12 h 18 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 6:43 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 7:13 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)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56
Sunset (PM)	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:43	6:59
2	12.3	6:44	7:00
3	12.3	6:44	7:00
4	12.3	6:44	7:00
5	12.3	6:45	7:01
6	12.3	6:45	7:01
7	12.3	6:45	7:02
8	12.3	6:46	7:02
9	12.3	6:46	7:03
10	12.3	6:47	7:03
11	12.3	6:47	7:04
12	12.3	6:47	7:04
13	12.3	6:48	7:05
14	12.3	6:48	7:05
15	12.3	6:49	7:06
16	12.3	6:49	7:06
17	12.3	6:50	7:07
18	12.3	6:50	7:07
19	12.3	6:51	7:08
20	12.3	6:51	7:08
21	12.3	6:52	7:08
22	12.3	6:52	7:09
23	12.3	6:52	7:09
24	12.3	6:53	7:10
25	12.3	6:53	7:10
26	12.3	6:54	7:11
27	12.3	6:54	7:11
28	12.3	6:55	7:12
29	12.3	6:55	7:12
30	12.3	6:56	7:13
31	12.3	6:56	7:13

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.06 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.06 kWh/m² to a high of 6.5 kWh/m² in September across the year — December's 5.06 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
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17	5.1	Bright
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22	5.2	Bright
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27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Kigoma

In seasonPeak

In December, Kigoma sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kigoma's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Kigoma?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

3.5

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kigoma.

What to pack for Kigoma in December

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

In December, Kigoma sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 21°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 30 days see rain.

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UV index in Kigoma 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 Kigoma peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 14 at about 8 (very high).

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)	13	15	15	14	11	9	10	7	12	13	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Kigoma 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 Kigoma is worst in August — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.5× the cleanest month (April, 9 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	15	15	12	9	11	25	45	51	38	19	12	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	12	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	11	Good
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	45	Poor
Aug	51	Poor
Sep	38	Poor
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Kigoma?

Kigoma sits at 4.9°S, 29.6°E, 769 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Mwandiga, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Kigoma

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kigoma has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m around an average of 820 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 607 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,930 m.

The land around Kigoma is covered by artificial surfaces (38%) and water (32%) within 3 km, water (56%) within 16 km, and water (44%), grassland (24%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

177 m

artificial surfaces 38%

16 km

607 m

water 56%

80 km

1,930 m

water 44%

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

December weather nearby: Mwandiga 6.0 km · Kasulu 62 km · Vyanda 86 km · Uvinza 88 km · Rumonge 103 km · Kalemie 128 km · Nguruka 159 km · Gitega 165 km

Tanzania travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 29% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,319; 2025
Happiness: 3.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 31%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 3.7; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 31.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 479
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 Kigoma (-4.8769°, 29.6267°, elevation 769 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	21
2	26	21
3	26	21
4	26	21
5	26	21
6	26	21
7	26	21
8	26	21
9	26	21
10	26	21
11	26	21
12	26	21
13	26	21
14	26	21
15	26	21
16	26	21
17	26	21
18	26	21
19	26	21
20	26	21
21	26	21
22	26	21
23	26	21
24	26	21
25	26	21
26	26	21
27	26	21
28	26	21
29	26	21
30	26	21
31	26	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	10	90
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	95
2	95
3	95
4	95
5	96
6	96
7	96
8	96
9	96
10	96
11	95
12	95
13	95
14	95
15	95
16	95
17	95
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	94
22	94
23	94
24	94
25	94
26	94
27	94
28	94
29	93
30	93
31	93

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	88	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	10	90
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	95
2	95
3	95
4	95
5	96
6	96
7	96
8	96
9	96
10	96
11	95
12	95
13	95
14	95
15	95
16	95
17	95
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	94
22	94
23	94
24	94
25	94
26	94
27	94
28	94
29	93
30	93
31	93

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	88	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	10	90
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	95
2	95
3	95
4	95
5	96
6	96
7	96
8	96
9	96
10	96
11	95
12	95
13	95
14	95
15	95
16	95
17	95
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	94
22	94
23	94
24	94
25	94
26	94
27	94
28	94
29	93
30	93
31	93

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	88	12