Ndali weather in December

In December, Ndali sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Ndali's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ndali's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
7:02 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
27%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Ndali is commune of Benin.

Density
6/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical December day in Ndali reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Ndali

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ndali weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°10.111.54.4
Feb35° / 22°40.911.72.9
Mar37° / 24°163.311.91.9
Apr36° / 25°5811.212.22.1
May33° / 24°1171812.42.7
Jun31° / 23°13419.512.63.4
Jul29° / 22°20424.912.53.4
Aug29° / 22°26726.812.33.3
Sep30° / 22°20523.912.13.2
Oct32° / 22°7512.711.83.5
Nov34° / 21°40.711.53.5
Dec34° / 20°10.111.44.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ndali gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in December, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 5% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
147211912
249211912
351201811
453201710
555191610
65719159
75918149
86018148
96217138
106516127
116616117
126915106
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1983953
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Wind in December

Winds average 9 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:55 AM to 7:09 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:556:23
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411.56:566:24
511.56:576:24
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.16 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.85 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Ndali

In seasonPeak

None of Ndali's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Ndali's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Ndali sees seasonal dust haze (January–June), heaviest in February.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Ndali?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Ndali for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ndali in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Ndali sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ndali in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ndali peaks around April 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 12UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Ndali in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ndali is worst in February — around 85 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.5× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1283 µg/m³Aug 1016 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan74Unhealthy
Feb85Unhealthy
Mar55Unhealthy
Apr43Poor
May25Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct34Moderate
Nov39Poor
Dec62Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ndali?

Ndali sits at 9.9°N, 2.7°E, 394 m above sea level, in Benin. The nearest listed city is Pèrèrè, 30 km away.

BembèrèkèNikkiParakouSinendéTobréKalaléPéhonko

Topography around Ndali

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ndali.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ndali has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m around an average of 387 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 291 m.

The land around Ndali is covered by shrubs (36%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and shrubs (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and shrubs (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
69 m
16 km
136 m
80 km
291 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Pèrèrè 30 km · Bembèrèkè 41 km · Nikki 54 km · Parakou 59 km · Sinendé 66 km · Tobré 74 km · Kalalé 87 km · Péhonko 89 km

Benin travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,658
2025
Happiness
4.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
18%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
26.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 406
Religion
Muslim 28%Roman Catholic 26%Protestant 14%Vodoun 12%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ndali (9.8636°, 2.7209°, elevation 394 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).