Hagere Maryam weather in December

In December, Hagere Maryam sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 22 mm of rain across 3.8 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-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 30% 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 Hagere Maryam's 1st-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hagere Maryam's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 22 mm; 3.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:33 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 1st clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; out of 10

Hagere Maryam is town in Oromia, 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 Hagere Maryam reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 14°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 about 1°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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	11
2	24	11
3	24	11
4	24	11
5	24	11
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29	25	11
30	25	11
31	25	11

Hagere Maryam weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-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	26° / 11°	16	2.6	11.7	8.0
Feb	27° / 13°	20	2.8	11.8	7.6
Mar	26° / 13°	70	9.3	12	6.7
Apr	24° / 14°	165	20.2	12.1	5.0
May	22° / 14°	188	23.9	12.3	4.4
Jun	21° / 13°	101	17.7	12.3	4.9
Jul	19° / 12°	77	15.8	12.3	5.0
Aug	20° / 12°	76	14.4	12.2	5.3
Sep	22° / 13°	84	12.8	12	5.9
Oct	22° / 13°	152	23.1	11.9	4.6
Nov	23° / 11°	93	12.4	11.7	6.3
Dec	24° / 11°	22	3.8	11.7	8.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. 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 (%)	53	54	54	54	56	56	56	58	58	58	60	60	60	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	61	61	60	60	60	59	59
Cloudier (%)	47	46	46	46	44	44	44	42	42	42	40	40	40	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	59	41
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Hagere Maryam gets around 22 mm of rain over 3.8 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 12% and peaks near 22% 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 (%)	22	21	20	20	19	18	17	17	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6

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

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 88% 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 (%)	76	77	78	79	80	82	83	84	84	85	86	87	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95
Comfortable (%)	24	23	22	21	20	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	76	24
2	77	23
3	78	22
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	87	13
13	88	12
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	95	5
31	95	5

Wind in December

Winds average 7 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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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 6:26 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:21 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)	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40
Sunset (PM)	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:26	6:08
2	11.7	6:26	6:08
3	11.7	6:27	6:08
4	11.7	6:27	6:09
5	11.7	6:28	6:09
6	11.7	6:28	6:09
7	11.7	6:29	6:10
8	11.7	6:29	6:10
9	11.7	6:30	6:11
10	11.7	6:30	6:11
11	11.7	6:31	6:11
12	11.7	6:31	6:12
13	11.7	6:32	6:12
14	11.7	6:32	6:13
15	11.7	6:32	6:13
16	11.7	6:33	6:13
17	11.7	6:33	6:14
18	11.7	6:34	6:14
19	11.7	6:34	6:15
20	11.7	6:35	6:15
21	11.7	6:35	6:16
22	11.7	6:36	6:16
23	11.7	6:36	6:17
24	11.7	6:37	6:17
25	11.7	6:37	6:18
26	11.7	6:38	6:18
27	11.7	6:38	6:19
28	11.7	6:39	6:19
29	11.7	6:39	6:20
30	11.7	6:39	6:20
31	11.7	6:40	6:21

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.62 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.67 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	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
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9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
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17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
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20	5.7	Bright
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22	5.8	Bright
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27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Hagere Maryam?

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

8.0

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.9

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Hagere Maryam in December

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

In December, Hagere Maryam sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

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UV index in Hagere Maryam in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hagere Maryam peaks around March 15 at about 16 (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)	14	15	16	15	13	12	12	14	14	14	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Hagere Maryam 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 Hagere Maryam is worst in December — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (August, 22 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)	33	32	27	25	23	28	27	22	24	27	33	36
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	33	Moderate
Feb	32	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	25	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	33	Moderate
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Hagere Maryam?

Hagere Maryam sits at 5.6°N, 38.2°E, 1,883 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Kercha, 25 km away.

Topography around Hagere Maryam

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hagere Maryam has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m around an average of 1,865 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,008 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,360 m.

The land around Hagere Maryam is covered by trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and shrubs (46%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

247 m

trees 33%

16 km

1,008 m

trees 46%

80 km

2,360 m

shrubs 46%

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

December weather nearby: Kercha 25 km · Kele 55 km · Yirga Ch’efē 59 km · Wenago 76 km · Shakiso 76 km · Yabēlo 85 km · Kibre Mengist 87 km · Dīla 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 Hagere Maryam (5.6342°, 38.236°, elevation 1,883 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	11
2	24	11
3	24	11
4	24	11
5	24	11
6	24	11
7	24	11
8	24	11
9	24	11
10	24	11
11	24	11
12	24	11
13	24	11
14	24	11
15	24	11
16	24	11
17	24	11
18	24	11
19	25	11
20	25	11
21	25	11
22	25	11
23	25	11
24	25	11
25	25	11
26	25	11
27	25	11
28	25	11
29	25	11
30	25	11
31	25	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	59	41
31	59	41

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	76	24
2	77	23
3	78	22
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	87	13
13	88	12
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	95	5
31	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	59	41
31	59	41

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	76	24
2	77	23
3	78	22
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	87	13
13	88	12
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	95	5
31	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	59	41
31	59	41

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	76	24
2	77	23
3	78	22
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	87	13
13	88	12
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	95	5
31	95	5