Kampala Weather in December
Kampala in December
The short of it: Kampala in December averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 17 °C (63 °F), with 82 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 12 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 17° · rain 82 mm · daylight 12 h 6 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Kampala an average December high of 28°, a low of 17° and some 82 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 28°, nights near 17°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 82 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 6 min in mid-December.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Kampala runs warmer than most and about as wet in December. Bunamwaya, 8 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
December in Kampala, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- about the same, 50 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BunamwayaCentral Region | 8 km SSW | 28° | 17° | 82 mm |
| NansanaCentral Region | 8 km NW | 28° | 17° | 78 mm |
| KirekaCentral Region | 8 km ENE | 28° | 17° | 84 mm |
| KyengeraCentral Region | 9 km WSW | 28° | 17° | 79 mm |
| BweyogerereCentral Region | 10 km ENE | 28° | 17° | 84 mm |
| KiraCentral Region | 11 km NNE | 28° | 17° | 81 mm |
| LweezaCentral Region | 12 km S | 27° | 18° | 87 mm |
| KajansiCentral Region | 12 km SSW | 27° | 17° | 82 mm |