Benoy weather in December

In December, Benoy sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Benoy's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Benoy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
17°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:07 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover
33%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Benoy is place in Logone Occidental, Chad.

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical December day in Benoy reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Benoy

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.

Benoy weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 17°0011.54.4
Feb36° / 20°0011.72.5
Mar39° / 25°20.411.90.9
Apr38° / 27°225.612.21.0
May35° / 26°711212.42.2
Jun32° / 24°11416.412.53.3
Jul30° / 22°21125.712.53.2
Aug29° / 22°27127.412.33.2
Sep30° / 22°16822.812.13.3
Oct32° / 23°611211.83.7
Nov34° / 21°20.511.63.7
Dec33° / 17°0011.54.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% 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 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
27624
37723
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57723
67822
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Benoy 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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1771661
2791461
3811351
4831241
5851041
687931
788831
889821
990721
1092620
1193520
1294510
1395410
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Wind in December

Winds average 9 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
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
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109calm
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129calm
139calm
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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 30 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 5:59 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.55:595:30
211.56:005:30
311.56:005:30
411.56:015:31
511.56:015:31
611.56:025:31
711.56:025:32
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1911.56:085:37
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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 6.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.82 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 6.09 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Benoy

In seasonPeak

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

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

Benoy sees seasonal dust haze (March–April), heaviest in March.

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

Is December a good time to visit Benoy?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Benoy in December

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

In December, Benoy sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Benoy 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 Benoy peaks around March 19 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 19UV 14Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Benoy 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 Benoy is worst in March — around 56 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.4× the cleanest month (July, 13 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorMar 1355 µg/m³Jul 1913 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan50Poor
Feb49Poor
Mar56Unhealthy
Apr33Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec48Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Benoy?

Benoy sits at 9.0°N, 16.3°E, 417 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Béré, 42 km away.

Topography around Benoy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Benoy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 422 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 210 m.

The land around Benoy is covered by cropland (68%) within 3 km, cropland (80%) within 16 km, and cropland (61%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
186 m
80 km
210 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Béré 42 km · Goré 43 km · Bébédja 44 km · Laï 46 km · Moundou 53 km · Kelo 67 km · Doba 69 km · Déressia 87 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 Benoy (8.9833°, 16.3199°, elevation 417 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).