Guelendeng weather in December

In December, Guelendeng sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 18°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.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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 Guelendeng's 1st-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guelendeng's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 34°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:13 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover: 29%; 1st clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Guelendeng is human settlement in Mayo-Kebbi Est, Chad.

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

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical December day in Guelendeng reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 17°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C cooler than November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	19
2	36	19
3	36	19
4	35	19
5	35	19
6	35	18
7	35	18
8	35	18
9	35	18
10	35	18
11	35	18
12	35	18
13	35	18
14	35	18
15	34	18
16	34	17
17	34	17
18	34	17
19	34	17
20	34	17
21	34	17
22	34	17
23	34	17
24	34	17
25	33	17
26	33	17
27	33	17
28	33	17
29	33	16
30	33	16
31	33	16

How December really feels in Guelendeng

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Guelendeng 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 17°	0	0	11.4	4.0
Feb	37° / 20°	0	0	11.6	2.1
Mar	40° / 24°	0	0.1	11.9	0.1
Apr	41° / 27°	7	2.5	12.2	0.0
May	39° / 27°	33	8.2	12.5	0.6
Jun	36° / 26°	58	10.7	12.6	2.1
Jul	32° / 24°	138	19.9	12.6	3.0
Aug	30° / 23°	220	24.4	12.4	3.2
Sep	32° / 23°	119	18	12.1	3.3
Oct	35° / 23°	30	6	11.8	2.7
Nov	36° / 21°	0	0.2	11.5	2.4
Dec	34° / 18°	0	0	11.4	3.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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 21%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	72	72	72	73	74	75	76	77	77	79	79	80	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	82	82	82	81	81	81	80	80	80	79	79	78
Cloudier (%)	28	28	28	27	26	25	24	23	23	21	21	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	75	25
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	78	22

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Guelendeng 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in December

Winds average 12 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

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 6:05 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:42 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20
Sunset (PM)	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:05	5:30
2	11.4	6:06	5:30
3	11.4	6:06	5:30
4	11.4	6:07	5:31
5	11.4	6:07	5:31
6	11.4	6:08	5:31
7	11.4	6:08	5:31
8	11.4	6:09	5:32
9	11.4	6:09	5:32
10	11.4	6:10	5:33
11	11.4	6:10	5:33
12	11.4	6:11	5:33
13	11.4	6:12	5:34
14	11.4	6:12	5:34
15	11.4	6:13	5:34
16	11.4	6:13	5:35
17	11.4	6:14	5:35
18	11.4	6:14	5:36
19	11.4	6:15	5:36
20	11.4	6:15	5:37
21	11.4	6:15	5:37
22	11.4	6:16	5:38
23	11.4	6:16	5:38
24	11.4	6:17	5:39
25	11.4	6:17	5:39
26	11.4	6:18	5:40
27	11.4	6:18	5:40
28	11.4	6:19	5:41
29	11.4	6:19	5:41
30	11.4	6:19	5:42
31	11.4	6:20	5:42

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.97 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.95 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.0	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	6.0	Bright
14	6.0	Bright
15	6.0	Bright
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17	6.0	Bright
18	6.0	Bright
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20	6.0	Bright
21	6.0	Bright
22	6.0	Bright
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24	6.0	Bright
25	6.0	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Bright
28	6.0	Bright
29	6.0	Bright
30	6.0	Bright
31	6.0	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Guelendeng

In seasonPeak

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

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

Guelendeng sees seasonal dust haze (February–July), heaviest in March.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Guelendeng?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.4

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Guelendeng in December

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

In December, Guelendeng sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Guelendeng 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 Guelendeng peaks around March 15 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	12	13	11	9	10	12	12	11	11	9	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Guelendeng 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 Guelendeng is worst in March — around 81 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.6× the cleanest month (July, 18 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	70	79	81	53	30	25	18	19	21	30	36	62
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	70	Unhealthy
Feb	79	Unhealthy
Mar	81	Unhealthy
Apr	53	Poor
May	30	Moderate
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	30	Moderate
Nov	36	Poor
Dec	62	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Guelendeng?

Guelendeng sits at 10.9°N, 15.6°E, 321 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Maga, 67 km away.

Topography around Guelendeng

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guelendeng has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 314 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m.

The land around Guelendeng is covered by grassland (55%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (75%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and shrubs (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

22 m

grassland 55%

16 km

27 m

grassland 75%

80 km

48 m

grassland 46%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

← November Guelendeng year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Maga 67 km · Yagoua 73 km · Bongor 73 km · Mandelia 96 km · Dourbali 105 km · Bogo 105 km · Fianga 120 km · Guidiguis 127 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

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 Guelendeng (10.9176°, 15.5501°, elevation 321 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	19
2	36	19
3	36	19
4	35	19
5	35	19
6	35	18
7	35	18
8	35	18
9	35	18
10	35	18
11	35	18
12	35	18
13	35	18
14	35	18
15	34	18
16	34	17
17	34	17
18	34	17
19	34	17
20	34	17
21	34	17
22	34	17
23	34	17
24	34	17
25	33	17
26	33	17
27	33	17
28	33	17
29	33	16
30	33	16
31	33	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	75	25
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	19
2	36	19
3	36	19
4	35	19
5	35	19
6	35	18
7	35	18
8	35	18
9	35	18
10	35	18
11	35	18
12	35	18
13	35	18
14	35	18
15	34	18
16	34	17
17	34	17
18	34	17
19	34	17
20	34	17
21	34	17
22	34	17
23	34	17
24	34	17
25	33	17
26	33	17
27	33	17
28	33	17
29	33	16
30	33	16
31	33	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	75	25
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	19
2	36	19
3	36	19
4	35	19
5	35	19
6	35	18
7	35	18
8	35	18
9	35	18
10	35	18
11	35	18
12	35	18
13	35	18
14	35	18
15	34	18
16	34	17
17	34	17
18	34	17
19	34	17
20	34	17
21	34	17
22	34	17
23	34	17
24	34	17
25	33	17
26	33	17
27	33	17
28	33	17
29	33	16
30	33	16
31	33	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	75	25
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0