Bichena weather in December

In December, Bichena sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 10 mm of rain across 1.5 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% 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 Bichena's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bichena's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 10 mm; 1.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:42 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 1st clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.0; out of 10

Bichena is place in Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

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 24°C through the month.

A typical December day in Bichena reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 26°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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Bichena weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 13°	19	3.5	11.5	8.3
Feb	26° / 14°	23	3.9	11.7	7.9
Mar	27° / 15°	58	8.2	11.9	7.1
Apr	27° / 15°	57	7.7	12.2	7.0
May	27° / 16°	40	5.4	12.5	7.3
Jun	25° / 15°	77	12.8	12.6	6.5
Jul	22° / 13°	299	27.9	12.6	4.0
Aug	21° / 13°	290	27.9	12.3	3.9
Sep	22° / 13°	68	14.7	12.1	6.1
Oct	24° / 14°	13	3.2	11.8	8.5
Nov	24° / 13°	7	1.4	11.5	9.0
Dec	24° / 12°	10	1.5	11.4	9.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	85	85	85	86	85	84	83	83	82	82	81	81	80	80	80	80
Cloudier (%)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Bichena gets around 10 mm of rain over 1.5 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 5% and peaks near 8% 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 (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8

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

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 (%)	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	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in December

Winds average 5 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	5	calm
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30	5	calm
31	5	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 6:34 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:12 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)	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:34	6:00
2	11.4	6:34	6:00
3	11.4	6:35	6:00
4	11.4	6:35	6:01
5	11.4	6:36	6:01
6	11.4	6:37	6:01
7	11.4	6:37	6:02
8	11.4	6:38	6:02
9	11.4	6:38	6:02
10	11.4	6:39	6:03
11	11.4	6:39	6:03
12	11.4	6:40	6:03
13	11.4	6:40	6:04
14	11.4	6:41	6:04
15	11.4	6:41	6:05
16	11.4	6:42	6:05
17	11.4	6:42	6:06
18	11.4	6:43	6:06
19	11.4	6:43	6:06
20	11.4	6:44	6:07
21	11.4	6:44	6:07
22	11.4	6:45	6:08
23	11.4	6:45	6:08
24	11.4	6:45	6:09
25	11.4	6:46	6:09
26	11.4	6:46	6:10
27	11.4	6:47	6:10
28	11.4	6:47	6:11
29	11.4	6:48	6:11
30	11.4	6:48	6:12
31	11.4	6:48	6:12

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.58 kWh/m² to a high of 6.56 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.71 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)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	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	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Bichena

In seasonPeak

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

Bichena's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Bichena sees seasonal dust haze (June), heaviest in June.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Bichena?

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

9.0

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.7

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Bichena in December

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

In December, Bichena sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bichena in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bichena peaks around March 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 10 (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)	12	13	15	15	13	12	12	14	13	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Bichena 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 Bichena is worst in January — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	45	40	36	34	33	40	33	32	40	42	40	43
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	45	Poor
Feb	40	Poor
Mar	36	Poor
Apr	34	Moderate
May	33	Moderate
Jun	40	Poor
Jul	33	Moderate
Aug	32	Moderate
Sep	40	Poor
Oct	42	Poor
Nov	40	Poor
Dec	43	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Bichena?

Bichena sits at 10.4°N, 38.2°E, 2,544 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Lumamē, 37 km away.

Topography around Bichena

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bichena has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m around an average of 2,480 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,181 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,132 m.

The land around Bichena is covered by cropland (71%) within 3 km, cropland (81%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

138 m

cropland 71%

16 km

1,181 m

cropland 81%

80 km

3,132 m

cropland 63%

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

December weather nearby: Lumamē 37 km · Mertule Maryam 43 km · Debre Mark’os 52 km · Dayē 63 km · Gebre Guracha 76 km · Dembech’a 79 km · Mot’a 79 km · Wegeda 87 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 Bichena (10.45°, 38.2°, elevation 2,544 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	24	13
2	24	13
3	24	13
4	24	13
5	24	13
6	24	13
7	24	13
8	24	13
9	24	13
10	24	13
11	24	13
12	24	12
13	24	12
14	24	12
15	24	12
16	24	12
17	24	12
18	24	12
19	24	12
20	24	12
21	24	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	24	12
26	24	12
27	24	12
28	24	12
29	24	12
30	24	12
31	24	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

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