Sepuka weather in December

In December, Sepuka sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 129 mm of rain across 15.3 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 29°C in the first days to 27°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 Sepuka's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sepuka's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 129 mm; 15.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:30 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 10th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.79 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

Sepuka is ward in Singida, Tanzania.

Density: 194/km²; people per km²

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

Highs ease over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical December day in Sepuka reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 31°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)	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

Sepuka 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	27° / 18°	136	18.1	12.2	5.3
Feb	28° / 18°	96	14.4	12.2	5.5
Mar	28° / 18°	113	14.8	12	5.7
Apr	27° / 18°	70	9.2	11.9	6.5
May	27° / 17°	11	2.1	11.8	7.7
Jun	27° / 16°	0	0.1	11.7	8.2
Jul	26° / 15°	0	0	11.8	8.4
Aug	28° / 15°	0	0	11.8	8.1
Sep	29° / 16°	1	0.2	12	7.1
Oct	30° / 18°	6	1.3	12.1	6.1
Nov	30° / 18°	58	6.5	12.2	5.5
Dec	28° / 18°	129	15.3	12.3	5.4

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 57%. 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 (%)	52	52	51	51	50	50	48	47	47	46	45	44	43	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	39	40
Cloudier (%)	48	48	49	49	50	50	52	53	53	54	55	56	57	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	61	60

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	39	61
31	40	60

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Sepuka gets around 129 mm of rain over 15.3 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 50% and peaks near 58% 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 (%)	34	35	36	37	38	40	41	42	43	45	46	47	49	50	52	53	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	58	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	36
4	37
5	38
6	40
7	41
8	42
9	43
10	45
11	46
12	47
13	49
14	50
15	52
16	53
17	54
18	55
19	55
20	56
21	56
22	57
23	57
24	57
25	57
26	57
27	57
28	57
29	57
30	58
31	58

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 53% 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 (%)	38	37	36	35	33	32	31	30	28	27	26	24	23	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16
Comfortable (%)	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18
Humid (%)	31	32	34	35	37	38	40	42	44	46	47	49	52	54	56	57	58	60	61	61	62	63	63	63	64	65	65	64	65	65	65
Muggy (%)	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	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	38	31	31	0
2	37	31	32	0
3	36	31	34	0
4	35	30	35	0
5	33	30	37	0
6	32	29	38	0
7	31	29	40	0
8	30	28	42	0
9	28	28	44	0
10	27	27	46	0
11	26	27	47	0
12	24	26	49	0
13	23	25	52	0
14	22	24	54	0
15	21	23	56	0
16	20	22	57	1
17	20	21	58	1
18	19	20	60	1
19	19	19	61	1
20	19	19	61	1
21	19	18	62	1
22	18	18	63	1
23	18	18	63	1
24	18	18	63	1
25	18	17	64	1
26	17	17	65	1
27	17	17	65	1
28	17	18	64	1
29	16	18	65	1
30	16	18	65	1
31	16	18	65	1

Wind in December

Winds average 9 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	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	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	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 6:24 AM to 6:37 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)	6:24	6:24	6:25	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	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37
Sunset (PM)	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	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	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:24	6:39
2	12.3	6:24	6:40
3	12.3	6:25	6:40
4	12.3	6:25	6:41
5	12.3	6:25	6:41
6	12.3	6:26	6:42
7	12.3	6:26	6:42
8	12.3	6:26	6:42
9	12.3	6:27	6:43
10	12.3	6:27	6:43
11	12.3	6:28	6:44
12	12.3	6:28	6:44
13	12.3	6:29	6:45
14	12.3	6:29	6:45
15	12.3	6:29	6:46
16	12.3	6:30	6:46
17	12.3	6:30	6:47
18	12.3	6:31	6:47
19	12.3	6:31	6:48
20	12.3	6:32	6:48
21	12.3	6:32	6:49
22	12.3	6:33	6:49
23	12.3	6:33	6:50
24	12.3	6:34	6:50
25	12.3	6:34	6:50
26	12.3	6:34	6:51
27	12.3	6:35	6:51
28	12.3	6:35	6:52
29	12.3	6:36	6:52
30	12.3	6:36	6:53
31	12.3	6:37	6:53

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.7 kWh/m² to a high of 7.12 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 5.79 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)	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	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Bright
5	6.0	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Sepuka

In seasonPeak

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

Sepuka's rainy season runs December–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 Sepuka?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

5.9

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Sepuka for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sepuka in December

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

In December, Sepuka sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sepuka 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 Sepuka peaks around March 12 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	13	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	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Sepuka?

Sepuka sits at 4.8°S, 34.5°E, 1,484 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Igugunu, 23 km away.

Topography around Sepuka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sepuka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m around an average of 1,493 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 259 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 843 m.

The land around Sepuka is covered by cropland (49%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, cropland (42%), grassland (28%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

91 m

cropland 49%

16 km

259 m

cropland 42%

80 km

843 m

cropland 43%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

December weather nearby: Igugunu 23 km · Singida 24 km · Puma 36 km · Ilongero 38 km · Mtinko 42 km · Mungaa 46 km · Ikungi 50 km · Shelui 56 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 Sepuka (-4.75°, 34.5333°, elevation 1,484 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	39	61
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	36
4	37
5	38
6	40
7	41
8	42
9	43
10	45
11	46
12	47
13	49
14	50
15	52
16	53
17	54
18	55
19	55
20	56
21	56
22	57
23	57
24	57
25	57
26	57
27	57
28	57
29	57
30	58
31	58

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	38	31	31	0
2	37	31	32	0
3	36	31	34	0
4	35	30	35	0
5	33	30	37	0
6	32	29	38	0
7	31	29	40	0
8	30	28	42	0
9	28	28	44	0
10	27	27	46	0
11	26	27	47	0
12	24	26	49	0
13	23	25	52	0
14	22	24	54	0
15	21	23	56	0
16	20	22	57	1
17	20	21	58	1
18	19	20	60	1
19	19	19	61	1
20	19	19	61	1
21	19	18	62	1
22	18	18	63	1
23	18	18	63	1
24	18	18	63	1
25	18	17	64	1
26	17	17	65	1
27	17	17	65	1
28	17	18	64	1
29	16	18	65	1
30	16	18	65	1
31	16	18	65	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	39	61
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	36
4	37
5	38
6	40
7	41
8	42
9	43
10	45
11	46
12	47
13	49
14	50
15	52
16	53
17	54
18	55
19	55
20	56
21	56
22	57
23	57
24	57
25	57
26	57
27	57
28	57
29	57
30	58
31	58

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	38	31	31	0
2	37	31	32	0
3	36	31	34	0
4	35	30	35	0
5	33	30	37	0
6	32	29	38	0
7	31	29	40	0
8	30	28	42	0
9	28	28	44	0
10	27	27	46	0
11	26	27	47	0
12	24	26	49	0
13	23	25	52	0
14	22	24	54	0
15	21	23	56	0
16	20	22	57	1
17	20	21	58	1
18	19	20	60	1
19	19	19	61	1
20	19	19	61	1
21	19	18	62	1
22	18	18	63	1
23	18	18	63	1
24	18	18	63	1
25	18	17	64	1
26	17	17	65	1
27	17	17	65	1
28	17	18	64	1
29	16	18	65	1
30	16	18	65	1
31	16	18	65	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	39	61
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	36
4	37
5	38
6	40
7	41
8	42
9	43
10	45
11	46
12	47
13	49
14	50
15	52
16	53
17	54
18	55
19	55
20	56
21	56
22	57
23	57
24	57
25	57
26	57
27	57
28	57
29	57
30	58
31	58

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	38	31	31	0
2	37	31	32	0
3	36	31	34	0
4	35	30	35	0
5	33	30	37	0
6	32	29	38	0
7	31	29	40	0
8	30	28	42	0
9	28	28	44	0
10	27	27	46	0
11	26	27	47	0
12	24	26	49	0
13	23	25	52	0
14	22	24	54	0
15	21	23	56	0
16	20	22	57	1
17	20	21	58	1
18	19	20	60	1
19	19	19	61	1
20	19	19	61	1
21	19	18	62	1
22	18	18	63	1
23	18	18	63	1
24	18	18	63	1
25	18	17	64	1
26	17	17	65	1
27	17	17	65	1
28	17	18	64	1
29	16	18	65	1
30	16	18	65	1
31	16	18	65	1