Eldoret Weather in December
Eldoret in December
The short of it: Eldoret in December averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 12 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 12° · rain 52 mm · daylight 12 h 5 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Eldoret an average December high of 24°, a low of 12° and some 52 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 24°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 5 min in mid-December.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates December 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Eldoret runs about middling and drier than most in December. Mosoriot, 25 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
December in Eldoret, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- about the same, 28 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MosoriotNandi | 25 km SSW | 24° | 12° | 69 mm |
| KessesUasin Gishu County | 25 km SSE | 23° | 11° | 66 mm |
| TurboUasin Gishu County | 28 km WNW | 25° | 12° | 54 mm |
| ItenElegeyo-Marakwet | 31 km ENE | 23° | 11° | 75 mm |
| BaratonNandi | 36 km SW | 25° | 12° | 69 mm |
| Burnt ForestUasin Gishu County | 38 km SSE | 22° | 10° | 73 mm |
| MatundaUasin Gishu County | 39 km NNW | 25° | 12° | 46 mm |
| KapsabetNandi | 40 km SSW | 24° | 12° | 75 mm |