Asaita weather in December

In December, Asaita sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in December, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Asaita's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Asaita's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
11th warmest
Overnight low
20°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:31 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover
22%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Asaita is human settlement.

Density
785/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical December day in Asaita reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°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 Asaita

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 17 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
17
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.

Asaita weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 20°4111.45.3
Feb33° / 21°40.911.64.2
Mar36° / 23°182.911.92.7
Apr37° / 25°254.312.21.7
May39° / 27°213.412.50.6
Jun41° / 29°30.812.70.0
Jul39° / 28°296.112.60.6
Aug37° / 27°6212.112.41.3
Sep38° / 28°27612.11.3
Oct36° / 24°122.511.72.5
Nov34° / 21°50.911.54.1
Dec32° / 20°40.711.35.3

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1928
2928
3928
4928
5928
6928
7928
8928
9928
10928
11928
12928
13928
14928
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Asaita gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.7 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 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
12
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42
52
62
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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the comfortable band about 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 9% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
115343812
215343812
315343812
416353812
516353712
616363711
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917383510
1017393510
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302443267
312343267

Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 5:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:235:45
211.46:235:45
311.46:245:46
411.46:245:46
511.46:255:46
611.36:255:46
711.36:265:47
811.36:275:47
911.36:275:47
1011.36:285:48
1111.36:285:48
1211.36:295:49
1311.36:295:49
1411.36:305:49
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1611.36:315:50
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2011.36:335:52
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3111.36:375:57

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.76 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.52 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Asaita

In seasonPeak

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

Asaita sees seasonal dust haze (June–September), heaviest in July.

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

Is December a good time to visit Asaita?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Asaita in December

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

In December, Asaita sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Asaita 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 Asaita peaks around March 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 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 highExtremeVery highMar 22UV 14Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Asaita 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 Asaita is worst in July — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 18 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 2037 µg/m³Nov 2318 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan21Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun34Moderate
Jul37Poor
Aug36Poor
Sep32Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Asaita?

Asaita sits at 11.6°N, 41.4°E, 371 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Dubti, 43 km away.

DikhilAli SabihArtaSifra

Topography around Asaita

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Asaita has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 358 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 517 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,303 m.

The land around Asaita is covered by wetland (45%) and bare terrain (36%) within 3 km, wetland (36%) and bare terrain (32%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
110 m
16 km
517 m
80 km
1,303 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
December weather nearby: Dubti 43 km · Logīya 53 km · Samara 53 km · Mīlē 75 km · Dikhil 114 km · Ali Sabih 146 km · Arta 154 km · Sifra 155 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
Ethiopian Orthodox 44%Muslim 31%Protestant 23%other 1%

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 Asaita (11.5684°, 41.4387°, elevation 371 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).