Ara Ali weather in December

In December, Ara Ali sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 15 mm of rain across 2.3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of December to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Ara Ali's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ara Ali's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 15 mm; 2.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:22 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical December day in Ara Ali reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C warmer than November and about 1°C cooler than 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)	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	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	30	19
2	30	19
3	31	19
4	31	19
5	31	19
6	31	19
7	31	19
8	31	19
9	31	19
10	31	19
11	31	19
12	31	19
13	31	19
14	31	19
15	31	19
16	31	19
17	32	19
18	32	19
19	32	19
20	32	19
21	32	19
22	32	19
23	32	19
24	32	19
25	32	19
26	32	19
27	32	19
28	32	19
29	32	19
30	32	19
31	32	19

How December really feels in Ara Ali

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 3 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.

Ara Ali weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 20°	4	0.9	11.7	4.8
Feb	34° / 21°	5	0.7	11.8	4.1
Mar	33° / 22°	34	5.3	12	3.9
Apr	31° / 22°	115	17.1	12.1	3.8
May	31° / 22°	53	11.3	12.3	4.5
Jun	31° / 22°	4	0.8	12.3	5.4
Jul	30° / 22°	5	1.4	12.3	5.7
Aug	31° / 22°	2	0.8	12.2	5.4
Sep	32° / 23°	7	1.7	12	4.8
Oct	30° / 21°	97	15.9	11.9	4.3
Nov	29° / 19°	78	12	11.7	5.1
Dec	31° / 19°	15	2.3	11.7	5.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	76	76	76	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	81	82	82	83	84	84	85	85	84	84	83	83	83	82	81	80	80	80	80	80	80
Cloudier (%)	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ara Ali gets around 15 mm of rain over 2.3 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 8% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	21	20	19	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 8% of them.

	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 (%)	30	32	34	36	38	40	42	44	46	48	50	53	55	57	60	61	63	65	67	68	70	70	72	74	74	75	75	76	77	77	77
Comfortable (%)	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Humid (%)	26	26	26	25	25	24	23	23	22	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	7
Muggy (%)	23	21	20	19	18	17	15	14	13	12	11	9	8	7	6	6	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	30	21	26	23
2	32	21	26	21
3	34	20	26	20
4	36	20	25	19
5	38	20	25	18
6	40	20	24	17
7	42	19	23	15
8	44	19	23	14
9	46	19	22	13
10	48	19	21	12
11	50	19	20	11
12	53	18	20	9
13	55	18	19	8
14	57	18	18	7
15	60	17	17	6
16	61	17	16	6
17	63	16	16	5
18	65	16	15	4
19	67	16	14	3
20	68	15	14	3
21	70	15	13	2
22	70	15	13	2
23	72	14	12	2
24	74	14	11	1
25	74	14	11	1
26	75	14	10	1
27	75	14	10	1
28	76	14	9	1
29	77	14	8	1
30	77	14	8	1
31	77	15	7	1

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	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of December to 11 h 42 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 6:15 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 6:09 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)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29
Sunset (PM)	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:15	5:56
2	11.7	6:16	5:56
3	11.7	6:16	5:57
4	11.7	6:17	5:57
5	11.7	6:17	5:57
6	11.7	6:18	5:58
7	11.7	6:18	5:58
8	11.7	6:19	5:58
9	11.7	6:19	5:59
10	11.7	6:19	5:59
11	11.7	6:20	6:00
12	11.7	6:20	6:00
13	11.7	6:21	6:00
14	11.7	6:21	6:01
15	11.7	6:22	6:01
16	11.7	6:22	6:02
17	11.7	6:23	6:02
18	11.7	6:23	6:03
19	11.7	6:24	6:03
20	11.7	6:24	6:04
21	11.7	6:25	6:04
22	11.7	6:25	6:04
23	11.7	6:26	6:05
24	11.7	6:26	6:05
25	11.7	6:27	6:06
26	11.7	6:27	6:06
27	11.7	6:28	6:07
28	11.7	6:28	6:07
29	11.7	6:28	6:08
30	11.7	6:29	6:08
31	11.7	6:29	6:09

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.77 kWh/m² to a high of 6.83 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.83 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	6.0	Bright
21	6.0	Bright
22	6.0	Bright
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.0	Intense
25	6.0	Intense
26	6.0	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.1	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Ara Ali?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.1

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ara Ali in December

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

In December, Ara Ali sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Ara Ali in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ara Ali peaks around March 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 11 (extreme).

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)	13	14	15	14	12	11	11	13	13	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Ara Ali?

Ara Ali sits at 6.0°N, 41.0°E, 777 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Ghinnir, 135 km away.

Topography around Ara Ali

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ara Ali has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 350 m around an average of 832 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 615 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,407 m.

The land around Ara Ali is covered by shrubs (84%) within 3 km, shrubs (85%) within 16 km, and shrubs (76%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

350 m

shrubs 84%

16 km

615 m

shrubs 85%

80 km

1,407 m

shrubs 76%

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

December weather nearby: Ghinnir 135 km · Mena 140 km · Goba 165 km · Bale Robe 172 km · Negēlē 176 km · Kibre Mengist 227 km · Ramu 227 km · Dodola 234 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 Ara Ali (5.9667°, 41.0333°, elevation 777 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. 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	30	19
2	30	19
3	31	19
4	31	19
5	31	19
6	31	19
7	31	19
8	31	19
9	31	19
10	31	19
11	31	19
12	31	19
13	31	19
14	31	19
15	31	19
16	31	19
17	32	19
18	32	19
19	32	19
20	32	19
21	32	19
22	32	19
23	32	19
24	32	19
25	32	19
26	32	19
27	32	19
28	32	19
29	32	19
30	32	19
31	32	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	30	21	26	23
2	32	21	26	21
3	34	20	26	20
4	36	20	25	19
5	38	20	25	18
6	40	20	24	17
7	42	19	23	15
8	44	19	23	14
9	46	19	22	13
10	48	19	21	12
11	50	19	20	11
12	53	18	20	9
13	55	18	19	8
14	57	18	18	7
15	60	17	17	6
16	61	17	16	6
17	63	16	16	5
18	65	16	15	4
19	67	16	14	3
20	68	15	14	3
21	70	15	13	2
22	70	15	13	2
23	72	14	12	2
24	74	14	11	1
25	74	14	11	1
26	75	14	10	1
27	75	14	10	1
28	76	14	9	1
29	77	14	8	1
30	77	14	8	1
31	77	15	7	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	31	19
4	31	19
5	31	19
6	31	19
7	31	19
8	31	19
9	31	19
10	31	19
11	31	19
12	31	19
13	31	19
14	31	19
15	31	19
16	31	19
17	32	19
18	32	19
19	32	19
20	32	19
21	32	19
22	32	19
23	32	19
24	32	19
25	32	19
26	32	19
27	32	19
28	32	19
29	32	19
30	32	19
31	32	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	30	21	26	23
2	32	21	26	21
3	34	20	26	20
4	36	20	25	19
5	38	20	25	18
6	40	20	24	17
7	42	19	23	15
8	44	19	23	14
9	46	19	22	13
10	48	19	21	12
11	50	19	20	11
12	53	18	20	9
13	55	18	19	8
14	57	18	18	7
15	60	17	17	6
16	61	17	16	6
17	63	16	16	5
18	65	16	15	4
19	67	16	14	3
20	68	15	14	3
21	70	15	13	2
22	70	15	13	2
23	72	14	12	2
24	74	14	11	1
25	74	14	11	1
26	75	14	10	1
27	75	14	10	1
28	76	14	9	1
29	77	14	8	1
30	77	14	8	1
31	77	15	7	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	31	19
4	31	19
5	31	19
6	31	19
7	31	19
8	31	19
9	31	19
10	31	19
11	31	19
12	31	19
13	31	19
14	31	19
15	31	19
16	31	19
17	32	19
18	32	19
19	32	19
20	32	19
21	32	19
22	32	19
23	32	19
24	32	19
25	32	19
26	32	19
27	32	19
28	32	19
29	32	19
30	32	19
31	32	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	30	21	26	23
2	32	21	26	21
3	34	20	26	20
4	36	20	25	19
5	38	20	25	18
6	40	20	24	17
7	42	19	23	15
8	44	19	23	14
9	46	19	22	13
10	48	19	21	12
11	50	19	20	11
12	53	18	20	9
13	55	18	19	8
14	57	18	18	7
15	60	17	17	6
16	61	17	16	6
17	63	16	16	5
18	65	16	15	4
19	67	16	14	3
20	68	15	14	3
21	70	15	13	2
22	70	15	13	2
23	72	14	12	2
24	74	14	11	1
25	74	14	11	1
26	75	14	10	1
27	75	14	10	1
28	76	14	9	1
29	77	14	8	1
30	77	14	8	1
31	77	15	7	1