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Dongwe in December

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Dongwe is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 29 minutes.December in Dongwe is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 29 minutes.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 67% of days
Daylight
12h 29mon average

Is December a good time to visit Dongwe?

December sits outside Dongwe's best months, which run from July to September. Expect hot days and rain on about five 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 89°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in December, against 28°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

67% of days in December, against 23% to 93% through the year.

Cloud cover

61% cover in December, against 37% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

12h 29m in December, against 11h 46m to 12h 29m 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. November87°31°low 77°low 25°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. December88°31°low 78°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. January89°32°low 79°low 26°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Dongwe sits, in December

Africa/Dar es Salaam
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:03 AMsets 6:31 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.2°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Zanzibar (Stone Town)38 km west

The land around Dongwe, 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 Dongwe

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Dongwe. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.