Keren weather in December

In December, Keren sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 85% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of December to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Keren's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Keren's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:50 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 19%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.9; out of 10

Keren is city in Eritrea.

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical December day in Keren reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Keren weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-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	27° / 14°	1	0.1	11.2	8.8
Feb	28° / 15°	1	0.1	11.5	8.1
Mar	30° / 16°	5	1.8	11.9	6.6
Apr	31° / 17°	13	4.9	12.3	5.4
May	32° / 18°	20	5.6	12.7	4.9
Jun	30° / 19°	42	11	12.9	5.3
Jul	26° / 17°	86	20.1	12.8	5.2
Aug	24° / 17°	193	28.3	12.5	4.1
Sep	27° / 16°	123	16.8	12.1	5.7
Oct	28° / 15°	6	1.6	11.6	7.9
Nov	27° / 15°	3	0.9	11.3	8.7
Dec	26° / 14°	1	0.1	11.1	8.9

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 85% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 8%.

	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 (%)	95	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91
Cloudier (%)	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	91	9
31	91	9

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Keren gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 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 1% 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
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 67% 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 (%)	56	56	56	56	56	57	58	58	59	60	61	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	70	71	72	74	75	76	77	78	80	81	81	82
Comfortable (%)	43	43	43	43	43	42	41	41	40	39	38	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	26	25	24	23	22	20	19	19	18
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	56	43	1
2	56	43	1
3	56	43	1
4	56	43	1
5	56	43	1
6	57	42	1
7	58	41	1
8	58	41	1
9	59	40	1
10	60	39	1
11	61	38	1
12	61	38	1
13	62	37	1
14	63	36	1
15	64	35	1
16	65	34	1
17	66	33	1
18	67	32	1
19	68	31	1
20	70	30	0
21	71	29	0
22	72	28	0
23	74	26	0
24	75	25	0
25	76	24	0
26	77	23	0
27	78	22	0
28	80	20	0
29	81	19	0
30	81	19	0
31	82	18	0

Wind in December

Winds average 8 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	8	calm
2	8	calm
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4	8	calm
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16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
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29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of December to 11 h 06 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 6:42 AM to 6:57 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:02 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)	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57
Sunset (PM)	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	6:42	5:50
2	11.1	6:43	5:50
3	11.1	6:43	5:50
4	11.1	6:44	5:50
5	11.1	6:44	5:51
6	11.1	6:45	5:51
7	11.1	6:45	5:51
8	11.1	6:46	5:52
9	11.1	6:47	5:52
10	11.1	6:47	5:52
11	11.1	6:48	5:53
12	11.1	6:48	5:53
13	11.1	6:49	5:53
14	11.1	6:49	5:54
15	11.1	6:50	5:54
16	11.1	6:50	5:54
17	11.1	6:51	5:55
18	11.1	6:51	5:55
19	11.1	6:52	5:56
20	11.1	6:52	5:56
21	11.1	6:53	5:57
22	11.1	6:53	5:57
23	11.1	6:54	5:57
24	11.1	6:54	5:58
25	11.1	6:55	5:58
26	11.1	6:55	5:59
27	11.1	6:56	5:59
28	11.1	6:56	6:00
29	11.1	6:56	6:01
30	11.1	6:57	6:01
31	11.1	6:57	6:02

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.14 kWh/m² to a high of 7.05 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.26 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Keren

In seasonPeak

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

Keren sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Sep

Oct

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Dec

Is December a good time to visit Keren?

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

8.9

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.7

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Keren for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Keren in December

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

In December, Keren sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Keren 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 Keren peaks around April 14 at about 14 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	12	14	14	13	11	10	10	12	11	9	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Keren 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 Keren is worst in May — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 14 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)	17	18	23	21	23	22	22	20	17	19	15	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	18	Moderate
Mar	23	Moderate
Apr	21	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Keren?

Keren sits at 15.8°N, 38.5°E, 1,399 m above sea level, in Eritrea. The nearest listed city is Asmara, 71 km away.

Topography around Keren

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Keren has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 412 m around an average of 1,420 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,346 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,515 m.

The land around Keren is covered by grassland (48%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and shrubs (37%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%), shrubs (23%) and bare terrain (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

412 m

grassland 48%

16 km

1,346 m

grassland 46%

80 km

2,515 m

grassland 47%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

December weather nearby: Asmara 71 km · Mendefera 106 km · Massawa 111 km · Barentu 119 km · Sheraro 163 km · Intich’o 183 km · Adwa 186 km · Aksum 187 km

Eritrea travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / L; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2021
GDP per capita: $689; 2011
Homicide rate: 15.6; per 100k, 2012
Road deaths: 37.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank

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 Keren (15.7779°, 38.4511°, elevation 1,399 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	27	15
2	27	15
3	27	15
4	27	15
5	27	15
6	27	15
7	27	15
8	27	15
9	27	15
10	26	15
11	26	15
12	26	15
13	26	15
14	26	15
15	26	14
16	26	14
17	26	14
18	26	14
19	26	14
20	26	14
21	26	14
22	26	14
23	26	14
24	26	14
25	26	14
26	26	14
27	26	14
28	26	14
29	26	14
30	26	14
31	26	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	91	9
31	91	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
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 (%)	Humid (%)
1	56	43	1
2	56	43	1
3	56	43	1
4	56	43	1
5	56	43	1
6	57	42	1
7	58	41	1
8	58	41	1
9	59	40	1
10	60	39	1
11	61	38	1
12	61	38	1
13	62	37	1
14	63	36	1
15	64	35	1
16	65	34	1
17	66	33	1
18	67	32	1
19	68	31	1
20	70	30	0
21	71	29	0
22	72	28	0
23	74	26	0
24	75	25	0
25	76	24	0
26	77	23	0
27	78	22	0
28	80	20	0
29	81	19	0
30	81	19	0
31	82	18	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	91	9
31	91	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
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 (%)	Humid (%)
1	56	43	1
2	56	43	1
3	56	43	1
4	56	43	1
5	56	43	1
6	57	42	1
7	58	41	1
8	58	41	1
9	59	40	1
10	60	39	1
11	61	38	1
12	61	38	1
13	62	37	1
14	63	36	1
15	64	35	1
16	65	34	1
17	66	33	1
18	67	32	1
19	68	31	1
20	70	30	0
21	71	29	0
22	72	28	0
23	74	26	0
24	75	25	0
25	76	24	0
26	77	23	0
27	78	22	0
28	80	20	0
29	81	19	0
30	81	19	0
31	82	18	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	91	9
31	91	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
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 (%)	Humid (%)
1	56	43	1
2	56	43	1
3	56	43	1
4	56	43	1
5	56	43	1
6	57	42	1
7	58	41	1
8	58	41	1
9	59	40	1
10	60	39	1
11	61	38	1
12	61	38	1
13	62	37	1
14	63	36	1
15	64	35	1
16	65	34	1
17	66	33	1
18	67	32	1
19	68	31	1
20	70	30	0
21	71	29	0
22	72	28	0
23	74	26	0
24	75	25	0
25	76	24	0
26	77	23	0
27	78	22	0
28	80	20	0
29	81	19	0
30	81	19	0
31	82	18	0