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Dodoma in December

Hot and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Dodoma is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 67°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 28 minutes.December in Dodoma is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 28 minutes.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
67°F19°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
12h 28mon average

Is December a good time to visit Dodoma?

December sits outside Dodoma's best months, which run from June to August. Expect hot days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 88°F in December, against 83°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in December, against 28°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in December, against 0% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

67% cover in December, against 32% to 78% through the year.

Daylight

12h 28m in December, against 11h 46m to 12h 28m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November91°33°low 66°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December88°31°low 67°low 19°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January86°30°low 66°low 19°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Dodoma sits, in December

Africa/Dar es Salaam
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:18 AMsets 6:46 PM
Above the sea
1,120 mupland
Latitude
6.2°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Idodi188 km south-west

The land around Dodoma, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Tanzania in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Dodoma

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Dodoma. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,120 m) against the climate model's (1,170 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,120 m) against the climate model's (1,170 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.