Léo weather in December

In December, Léo sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-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 68% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Léo's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Léo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
6th warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:24 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover
28%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Léo is city in Burkina Faso.

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 Léo 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 36°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 Léo

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.

Léo weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 6th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 20°10.111.44.3
Feb36° / 23°20.411.62.7
Mar38° / 26°102.311.91.3
Apr37° / 27°357.412.21.5
May35° / 25°591212.52.4
Jun32° / 24°7413.512.63.5
Jul30° / 23°14520.712.63.7
Aug29° / 23°23225.412.43.5
Sep30° / 23°16020.612.13.7
Oct32° / 23°5610.111.83.9
Nov35° / 21°30.711.53.4
Dec34° / 20°00.111.44.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. 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

Léo gets around 0 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 0% 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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
184763
285753
387643
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590532
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Wind in December

Winds average 11 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in December

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Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 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 grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:16 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 5:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:165:40
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311.46:175:41
411.46:185:41
511.46:185:41
611.46:195:41
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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 5.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.6 kWh/m² to a high of 6.54 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.78 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Léo

In seasonPeak

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

Léo's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Léo sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in March.

Monsoon
Dust
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Apr
May
Jun
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Aug
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Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Léo?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Léo in December

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Léo in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Léo peaks around March 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 16UV 14Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Léo 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 Léo is worst in December — around 78 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.3× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyDec 1975 µg/m³Aug 1213 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan62Unhealthy
Feb69Unhealthy
Mar56Unhealthy
Apr43Poor
May23Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov48Poor
Dec78Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Léo?

Léo sits at 11.1°N, 2.1°W, 349 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Tô, 40 km away.

GaoSapouyFara DepartmentJirapaTitaDano

Topography around Léo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Léo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 346 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 291 m.

The land around Léo is covered by shrubs (28%), artificial surfaces (26%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (67%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%), grassland (29%) and shrubs (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
56 m
16 km
97 m
80 km
291 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
December weather nearby: 40 km · Gao 62 km · Sapouy 62 km · Fara Department 86 km · Jirapa 90 km · Tita 102 km · Dano 104 km · 105 km

Burkina Faso travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,148
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
31
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 64%Roman Catholic 20%Animiste 9%Protestant 6%

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 Léo (11.1003°, -2.1065°, elevation 349 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).