Same weather in December

In December, Same sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 64 mm of rain across 13.9 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

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

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
10th coldest
Rainfall
64 mm
13.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:18 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover
56%
3rd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Same is town in northern Tanzania.

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical December day in Same reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Same

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Same weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 20°488.612.24.9
Feb31° / 20°42712.14.5
Mar31° / 21°8113.6124.1
Apr29° / 20°12420.311.94.2
May27° / 18°9013.511.85.9
Jun26° / 16°112.811.87.3
Jul26° / 15°71.811.87.6
Aug27° / 16°112.411.97.3
Sep28° / 17°112.7126.7
Oct30° / 19°37712.15.5
Nov30° / 20°601212.24.8
Dec30° / 20°6413.912.24.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16040
26040
36040
46040
56040
66040
75941
85941
95941
105941
116040
126040
135941
145941
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225941
235941
245941
256040
266139
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306238
316337

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Same gets around 64 mm of rain over 13.9 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 45% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
147
247
347
448
548
648
749
849
949
1049
1149
1249
1349
1449
1549
1648
1748
1847
1946
2046
2145
2243
2342
2441
2540
2639
2738
2836
2935
3034
3133

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 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 54% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1024454
2024355
3024256
4024256
5024157
6024058
7023959
8033958
9033859
10033760
11043759
12043759
13043660
14053758
15053758
16053758
17053857
18053857
19063955
20064054
21064153
22064252
23064351
24074449
25074448
26074548
27174647
28174646
29174745
30184744
31184843

Wind in December

Winds average 8 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of December to 12 h 12 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 6:12 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:126:25
212.26:136:26
312.26:136:26
412.26:136:27
512.26:146:27
612.26:146:28
712.26:146:28
812.26:156:28
912.26:156:29
1012.26:166:29
1112.26:166:30
1212.26:166:30
1312.26:176:31
1412.26:176:31
1512.26:186:32
1612.26:186:32
1712.26:196:33
1812.26:196:33
1912.26:206:34
2012.26:206:34
2112.26:216:35
2212.26:216:35
2312.26:216:36
2412.26:226:36
2512.26:226:37
2612.26:236:37
2712.26:236:37
2812.26:246:38
2912.26:246:38
3012.26:256:39
3112.26:256:39

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.32 kWh/m² to a high of 6.66 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.96 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
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45.9Bright
55.9Bright
65.9Bright
75.9Bright
85.9Bright
95.9Bright
105.9Bright
115.9Bright
125.9Bright
135.9Bright
146.0Bright
156.0Bright
166.0Bright
176.0Bright
186.0Bright
196.0Bright
206.0Intense
216.0Intense
226.0Intense
236.0Intense
246.0Intense
256.0Intense
266.1Intense
276.1Intense
286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Same

In seasonPeak

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

Same's rainy season runs March–May, 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 Same?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
6.3
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Same in December

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

In December, Same sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Same 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 Same peaks around March 16 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 16Jun 19UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Same?

Same sits at 4.1°S, 37.7°E, 867 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Lembeni, 34 km away.

TavetaMakuyuniMoshiMazindeMatui

Topography around Same

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Same has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 909 m around an average of 978 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,218 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,005 m.

The land around Same is covered by cropland (30%), shrubs (27%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (63%) within 16 km, and shrubs (60%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
909 m
16 km
1,218 m
80 km
2,005 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
December weather nearby: Lembeni 34 km · Usangi 41 km · Hedaru 52 km · Taveta 74 km · Makuyuni 85 km · Moshi 91 km · Mazinde 98 km · Matui 100 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
Christian 63%Muslim 34%folk religion 1%

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 Same (-4.0667°, 37.7333°, elevation 867 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).