Mbale Weather in December
Mbale in December
The short of it: Mbale in December averages a high of 31 °C (87 °F) and a low of 17 °C (63 °F), with 49 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 12 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 17° · rain 49 mm · daylight 12 h 4 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: February & January
Thirty years of records give Mbale an average December high of 31°, a low of 17° and some 49 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 49 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 4 min in mid-December.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and January.
Against its neighbours, Mbale runs about middling and wetter than most in December. Nakaloke, 8 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
December in Mbale, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 1° warmer, 29 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NakalokeEastern Region | 8 km NNW | 31° | 17° | 44 mm |
| ManafwaEastern Region | 18 km SE | 30° | 17° | 53 mm |
| BudadiriEastern Region | 18 km ENE | 28° | 16° | 46 mm |
| SironkoEastern Region | 18 km NNE | 31° | 17° | 45 mm |
| BudakaEastern Region | 29 km WSW | 31° | 18° | 43 mm |
| ButalejaEastern Region | 31 km SW | 31° | 18° | 46 mm |
| BusolweEastern Region | 38 km SW | 31° | 18° | 49 mm |
| NagongeraEastern Region | 39 km SSW | 30° | 18° | 56 mm |