Am Timan weather in December

In December, Am Timan sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 10th-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 71% 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 Am Timan's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Am Timan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
8th warmest
Overnight low
19°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
5:54 AM – 5:16 PM
Cloud cover
27%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Am Timan is city.

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 Am Timan reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Am Timan

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.

Am Timan weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 19°0011.43.5
Feb37° / 21°0011.61.8
Mar40° / 24°20.511.90.3
Apr40° / 27°113.412.20.1
May38° / 27°4510.712.51.1
Jun35° / 25°9216.212.62.2
Jul31° / 23°20524.912.62.9
Aug30° / 22°26326.712.43.1
Sep31° / 23°16221.812.13.2
Oct33° / 23°468.711.83.6
Nov35° / 21°10.311.53.2
Dec34° / 19°0011.43.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18119
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38218
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58218
68218
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Am Timan gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in December. 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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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

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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 5:47 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 5:11 PM to 5:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.45:475:11
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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 6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.82 kWh/m² to a high of 7.04 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Am Timan

In seasonPeak

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

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

Am Timan sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in March.

Monsoon
Dust
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Dec

Is December a good time to visit Am Timan?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Am Timan. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Am Timan in December

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

In December, Am Timan sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Am Timan in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Am Timan peaks around August 11 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 11UV 13Dec 13UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Am Timan 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 Am Timan is worst in November — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.4× the cleanest month (July, 17 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorPoorNov 1856 µg/m³Jul 2217 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan34Moderate
Feb37Poor
Mar56Unhealthy
Apr33Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec42Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Am Timan?

Am Timan sits at 11.0°N, 20.3°E, 441 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Mangalmé, 163 km away.

MangalméGoz BeidaMongoKyabéBitkineUmm HājarNdéléSarh

Topography around Am Timan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Am Timan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 434 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 349 m.

The land around Am Timan is covered by cropland (45%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and shrubs (34%) within 80 km.

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16 m
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80 km
349 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
December weather nearby: Mangalmé 163 km · Goz Beida 180 km · Mongo 215 km · Kyabé 230 km · Bitkine 248 km · Umm Hājar 258 km · Ndélé 295 km · Sarh 296 km

Chad travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / D / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 35% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,022
2025
Happiness
4.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
6%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
32.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 52%Protestant 24%Roman Catholic 20%none 3%

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 Am Timan (11.0433°, 20.2834°, elevation 441 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).