Abala weather in December

In December, Abala sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of December to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Abala's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Abala's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 35°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 6:53 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover: 16%; 1st clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month.

A typical December day in Abala reaches about 35°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 33°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with 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)	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

How December really feels in Abala

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.

Abala 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	35° / 18°	0	0	11.3	3.5
Feb	37° / 20°	0	0	11.5	2.2
Mar	39° / 22°	1	0.3	11.9	1.0
Apr	40° / 24°	4	1.4	12.3	0.3
May	38° / 25°	27	6.2	12.7	1.1
Jun	35° / 23°	56	12	12.8	2.4
Jul	31° / 22°	117	20.2	12.8	3.4
Aug	29° / 21°	166	25.1	12.5	3.6
Sep	31° / 21°	76	15	12.1	3.9
Oct	35° / 22°	15	3.9	11.7	3.3
Nov	36° / 21°	2	0.5	11.3	3.0
Dec	35° / 19°	0	0	11.2	3.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%.

	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 (%)	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89
Cloudier (%)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Abala 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
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15	0
16	0
17	0
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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 94% 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 (%)	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in December

Winds average 9 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of December to 11 h 12 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 6:45 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:10 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)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	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	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00
Sunset (PM)	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:45	5:58
2	11.2	6:46	5:59
3	11.2	6:46	5:59
4	11.2	6:47	5:59
5	11.2	6:47	5:59
6	11.2	6:48	6:00
7	11.2	6:48	6:00
8	11.2	6:49	6:00
9	11.2	6:50	6:00
10	11.2	6:50	6:01
11	11.2	6:51	6:01
12	11.2	6:51	6:01
13	11.2	6:52	6:02
14	11.2	6:52	6:02
15	11.2	6:53	6:03
16	11.2	6:53	6:03
17	11.2	6:54	6:03
18	11.2	6:54	6:04
19	11.2	6:55	6:04
20	11.2	6:55	6:05
21	11.2	6:56	6:05
22	11.2	6:56	6:06
23	11.2	6:57	6:06
24	11.2	6:57	6:07
25	11.2	6:58	6:07
26	11.2	6:58	6:08
27	11.2	6:58	6:08
28	11.2	6:59	6:09
29	11.2	6:59	6:09
30	11.2	7:00	6:10
31	11.2	7:00	6:10

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.16 kWh/m² to a high of 7.14 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.61 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)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7
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	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
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26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Abala

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Is December a good time to visit Abala?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

7.2

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Abala in December

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

In December, Abala sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Abala 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 Abala peaks around March 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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	13	12	11	8	11	11	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	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Abala 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 Abala is worst in April — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× 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	20	24	25	18	21	22	20	19	16	14	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	25	Moderate
May	18	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Abala?

Abala sits at 14.2°N, 37.0°E, 784 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Adebaye, 26 km away.

Topography around Abala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Abala has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 256 m around an average of 761 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 464 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,011 m.

The land around Abala is covered by shrubs (51%) and grassland (44%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and shrubs (39%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%), shrubs (22%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

256 m

shrubs 51%

16 km

464 m

grassland 57%

80 km

2,011 m

grassland 51%

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

December weather nearby: Adebaye 26 km · Himora 43 km · May Cadera 50 km · Ābderafī 81 km · Sheraro 102 km · Barentu 116 km · Al-Fashaqah 123 km · Indabaguna 132 km

Ethiopia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 37% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $933; 2025
Happiness: 4.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 14%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 8.5; per 100k, 2012
Road deaths: 28.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 499
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 Abala (14.2333°, 37°, elevation 784 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	35	20
2	35	20
3	35	20
4	35	20
5	35	20
6	35	20
7	35	20
8	35	20
9	35	20
10	35	20
11	35	20
12	35	20
13	35	20
14	35	19
15	35	19
16	35	19
17	35	19
18	35	19
19	35	19
20	35	19
21	35	19
22	35	19
23	35	19
24	35	19
25	35	19
26	35	19
27	35	19
28	35	19
29	35	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	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	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	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	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	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	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2