Puma weather in December

In December, Puma sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 130 mm of rain across 14.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in December, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Puma's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puma's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 130 mm; 14.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:29 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 10th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.89 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical December day in Puma reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°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 30°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer 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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Puma weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 17°	155	17.7	12.3	5.4
Feb	26° / 17°	107	14.4	12.2	5.6
Mar	26° / 17°	128	15	12	5.8
Apr	26° / 17°	70	9.4	11.9	6.7
May	26° / 16°	12	2	11.8	8.0
Jun	25° / 14°	0	0.1	11.7	8.5
Jul	25° / 14°	0	0	11.7	8.8
Aug	26° / 14°	0	0	11.8	8.6
Sep	28° / 15°	1	0.1	12	8.2
Oct	29° / 16°	6	1.1	12.1	7.0
Nov	29° / 17°	50	5.7	12.2	6.2
Dec	27° / 17°	130	14.5	12.3	5.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	56	56	55	54	53	52	52	50	50	49	48	46	46	45	42	42	41	40	40	40	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37
Cloudier (%)	44	44	45	46	47	48	48	50	50	51	52	54	54	55	58	58	59	60	60	60	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	63

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	53	47
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	48	52
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	37	63
31	37	63

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Puma gets around 130 mm of rain over 14.5 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 47% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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 (%)	30	31	32	33	35	36	37	39	40	42	43	45	47	48	50	51	52	53	54	54	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	57	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	31
3	32
4	33
5	35
6	36
7	37
8	39
9	40
10	42
11	43
12	45
13	47
14	48
15	50
16	51
17	52
18	53
19	54
20	54
21	55
22	55
23	55
24	55
25	56
26	56
27	56
28	56
29	56
30	57
31	57

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 46% 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 (%)	41	40	39	37	36	35	34	32	31	29	28	27	25	24	23	23	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	15
Comfortable (%)	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	29	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Humid (%)	25	26	27	29	30	32	33	35	37	38	40	42	44	46	47	49	51	52	53	53	54	54	56	56	57	57	58	58	59	59	60

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	41	34	25
2	40	34	26
3	39	34	27
4	37	34	29
5	36	34	30
6	35	34	32
7	34	33	33
8	32	33	35
9	31	33	37
10	29	32	38
11	28	32	40
12	27	31	42
13	25	31	44
14	24	30	46
15	23	29	47
16	23	28	49
17	22	27	51
18	21	27	52
19	21	26	53
20	21	26	53
21	20	26	54
22	20	26	54
23	19	25	56
24	19	25	56
25	18	25	57
26	18	25	57
27	17	25	58
28	17	25	58
29	16	25	59
30	16	25	59
31	15	25	60

Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	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 6:23 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:53 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)	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36
Sunset (PM)	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:23	6:39
2	12.3	6:23	6:39
3	12.3	6:23	6:40
4	12.3	6:24	6:40
5	12.3	6:24	6:41
6	12.3	6:24	6:41
7	12.3	6:25	6:42
8	12.3	6:25	6:42
9	12.3	6:26	6:43
10	12.3	6:26	6:43
11	12.3	6:26	6:43
12	12.3	6:27	6:44
13	12.3	6:27	6:44
14	12.3	6:28	6:45
15	12.3	6:28	6:45
16	12.3	6:29	6:46
17	12.3	6:29	6:46
18	12.3	6:29	6:47
19	12.3	6:30	6:47
20	12.3	6:30	6:48
21	12.3	6:31	6:48
22	12.3	6:31	6:49
23	12.3	6:32	6:49
24	12.3	6:32	6:50
25	12.3	6:33	6:50
26	12.3	6:33	6:51
27	12.3	6:34	6:51
28	12.3	6:34	6:51
29	12.3	6:35	6:52
30	12.3	6:35	6:52
31	12.3	6:36	6:53

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.49 kWh/m² to a high of 7.17 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 5.89 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)	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	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	6.2	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.0	Intense
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Puma

In seasonPeak

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

Puma's rainy season runs December–March, 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 Puma?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.9

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Puma for sightseeing.

What to pack for Puma in December

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

In December, Puma sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Puma in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Puma peaks around March 14 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 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)	14	16	16	15	12	10	11	12	14	14	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Puma 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 Puma is worst in October — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.0× the cleanest month (May, 5 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)	12	10	9	7	5	6	8	10	15	24	10	8
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	9	Good
Apr	7	Good
May	5	Good
Jun	6	Good
Jul	8	Good
Aug	10	Good
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	24	Moderate
Nov	10	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Puma?

Puma sits at 5.0°S, 34.7°E, 1,588 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Ikungi, 15 km away.

Topography around Puma

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puma has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 1,578 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 327 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 865 m.

The land around Puma is covered by grassland (37%), cropland (34%) and shrubs (23%) within 3 km, cropland (36%), grassland (32%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and shrubs (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

94 m

grassland 37%

16 km

327 m

cropland 36%

80 km

865 m

cropland 41%

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

December weather nearby: Ikungi 15 km · Mungaa 17 km · Singida 20 km · Sepuka 36 km · Ilongero 40 km · Igugunu 49 km · Mtinko 52 km · Basotu 80 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 Puma (-5°, 34.7333°, elevation 1,588 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	28	17
2	28	17
3	28	17
4	28	17
5	28	17
6	28	17
7	28	17
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	26	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17
31	26	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	53	47
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	48	52
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	37	63
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	31
3	32
4	33
5	35
6	36
7	37
8	39
9	40
10	42
11	43
12	45
13	47
14	48
15	50
16	51
17	52
18	53
19	54
20	54
21	55
22	55
23	55
24	55
25	56
26	56
27	56
28	56
29	56
30	57
31	57

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	41	34	25
2	40	34	26
3	39	34	27
4	37	34	29
5	36	34	30
6	35	34	32
7	34	33	33
8	32	33	35
9	31	33	37
10	29	32	38
11	28	32	40
12	27	31	42
13	25	31	44
14	24	30	46
15	23	29	47
16	23	28	49
17	22	27	51
18	21	27	52
19	21	26	53
20	21	26	53
21	20	26	54
22	20	26	54
23	19	25	56
24	19	25	56
25	18	25	57
26	18	25	57
27	17	25	58
28	17	25	58
29	16	25	59
30	16	25	59
31	15	25	60

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	53	47
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	48	52
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	37	63
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	31
3	32
4	33
5	35
6	36
7	37
8	39
9	40
10	42
11	43
12	45
13	47
14	48
15	50
16	51
17	52
18	53
19	54
20	54
21	55
22	55
23	55
24	55
25	56
26	56
27	56
28	56
29	56
30	57
31	57

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	41	34	25
2	40	34	26
3	39	34	27
4	37	34	29
5	36	34	30
6	35	34	32
7	34	33	33
8	32	33	35
9	31	33	37
10	29	32	38
11	28	32	40
12	27	31	42
13	25	31	44
14	24	30	46
15	23	29	47
16	23	28	49
17	22	27	51
18	21	27	52
19	21	26	53
20	21	26	53
21	20	26	54
22	20	26	54
23	19	25	56
24	19	25	56
25	18	25	57
26	18	25	57
27	17	25	58
28	17	25	58
29	16	25	59
30	16	25	59
31	15	25	60

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	53	47
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	48	52
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	37	63
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	31
3	32
4	33
5	35
6	36
7	37
8	39
9	40
10	42
11	43
12	45
13	47
14	48
15	50
16	51
17	52
18	53
19	54
20	54
21	55
22	55
23	55
24	55
25	56
26	56
27	56
28	56
29	56
30	57
31	57

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	41	34	25
2	40	34	26
3	39	34	27
4	37	34	29
5	36	34	30
6	35	34	32
7	34	33	33
8	32	33	35
9	31	33	37
10	29	32	38
11	28	32	40
12	27	31	42
13	25	31	44
14	24	30	46
15	23	29	47
16	23	28	49
17	22	27	51
18	21	27	52
19	21	26	53
20	21	26	53
21	20	26	54
22	20	26	54
23	19	25	56
24	19	25	56
25	18	25	57
26	18	25	57
27	17	25	58
28	17	25	58
29	16	25	59
30	16	25	59
31	15	25	60