Kireka weather in December

In December, Kireka sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 154 mm of rain across 24.8 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of December to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kireka's 6th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kireka's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
7th coldest
Rainfall
154 mm
24.8 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:46 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
70%
6th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Kireka is place in Wakiso District, Uganda.

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 25°C through the month.

A typical December day in Kireka reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 26°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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Kireka weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 21°12521.1125.0
Feb26° / 21°11619.2125.0
Mar25° / 21°18626124.3
Apr25° / 21°24428.3123.7
May24° / 20°21228.5124.0
Jun24° / 20°14524.8124.5
Jul24° / 19°11821.7125.0
Aug24° / 19°13625124.6
Sep25° / 20°14025.8124.3
Oct25° / 20°17027.9124.0
Nov24° / 20°20027.9123.9
Dec25° / 20°15424.8124.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 67%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32476
42476
52575
62674
72773
82872
92971
102971
113169
123268
133268
143466
153565
163664
173664
183763
193763
203862
213862
223862
233961
243862
253862
263862
273862
283862
293862
303862
313763

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Kireka gets around 154 mm of rain over 24.8 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 80% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
190
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589
689
788
887
986
1084
1183
1282
1381
1480
1579
1678
1777
1876
1975
2075
2175
2274
2374
2474
2573
2673
2773
2873
2972
3072
3171

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 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 87% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
10892
20892
30892
40892
50892
60892
70892
80991
90991
1001090
1101090
1211188
1311287
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1511386
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3121682

Wind in December

Winds average 6 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
207calm
217calm
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307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of December to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:40 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:406:39
212.06:406:39
312.06:406:39
412.06:416:40
512.06:416:40
612.06:426:41
712.06:426:41
812.06:436:41
912.06:436:42
1012.06:436:42
1112.06:446:43
1212.06:446:43
1312.06:456:44
1412.06:456:44
1512.06:466:45
1612.06:466:45
1712.06:476:45
1812.06:476:46
1912.06:486:46
2012.06:486:47
2112.06:496:47
2212.06:496:48
2312.06:496:48
2412.06:506:49
2512.06:506:49
2612.06:516:50
2712.06:516:50
2812.06:526:51
2912.06:526:51
3012.06:536:52
3112.06:536:52

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.92 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.18 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
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95.1Bright
105.1Bright
115.1Bright
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265.4Bright
275.4Bright
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315.4Bright
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Kireka?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Kireka for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kireka in December

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

In December, Kireka sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 20°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kireka 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 Kireka peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 17UV 15Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Kireka 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 Kireka is worst in January — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (April, 19 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJan 1737 µg/m³Apr 1920 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan38Poor
Feb31Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr19Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun29Moderate
Jul33Moderate
Aug32Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kireka?

Kireka sits at 0.3°N, 32.6°E, 1,181 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kira, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Kireka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kireka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m around an average of 1,180 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 388 m.

The land around Kireka is covered by artificial surfaces (69%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (35%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and trees (35%), water (30%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
171 m
16 km
241 m
80 km
388 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
December weather nearby: Kira 6.0 km · Kampala 8.0 km · Kasangati 11 km · Mukono 12 km · Nansana 14 km · Bunamwaya 15 km · Kyengera 17 km · Kajansi 19 km

Uganda travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type G
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 35% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,206
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
18%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
29.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 518
Religion
Protestant 45%Roman Catholic 39%Muslim 14%other 2%

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 Kireka (0.3475°, 32.6492°, elevation 1,181 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).