Inda Silasē weather in December

In December, Inda Silasē sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% 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 Inda Silasē's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Inda Silasē's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
8th warmest
Overnight low
14°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:48 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover
21%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.2
out of 10

Inda Silasē is human settlement in Ethiopia.

Density
14,300/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 28°C through the month.

A typical December day in Inda Silasē reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Inda Silasē

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Inda Silasē weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 8th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 14°20.311.37.6
Feb31° / 16°10.211.56.3
Mar32° / 17°81.811.95.2
Apr33° / 19°16412.34.5
May32° / 19°659.612.64.4
Jun28° / 17°21520.712.84.4
Jul24° / 16°43330.412.73.8
Aug24° / 16°5073112.53.6
Sep26° / 16°2532112.15.2
Oct28° / 16°294.411.77.6
Nov28° / 15°71.411.37.7
Dec28° / 14°10.311.28.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Inda Silasē gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1973
2973
3982
4982
5982
6982
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

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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 6:40 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 6:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:405:53
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511.26:425:54
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2011.26:506:00
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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 5.09 kWh/m² to a high of 7.22 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.71 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Inda Silasē

In seasonPeak

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

Inda Silasē's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Inda Silasē sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in June.

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

Is December a good time to visit Inda Silasē?

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

8.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
9.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Inda Silasē in December

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

In December, Inda Silasē sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Inda Silasē 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 Inda Silasē peaks around March 24 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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 highMar 24UV 14Dec 12UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Inda Silasē 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 Inda Silasē is worst in June — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 2324 µg/m³Nov 1917 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan21Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Inda Silasē?

Inda Silasē sits at 14.1°N, 38.3°E, 1,912 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Indabaguna, 20 km away.

Intich’oĀbīy ĀdīMendeferaDebark’

Topography around Inda Silasē

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Inda Silasē has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m around an average of 1,913 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,293 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,940 m.

The land around Inda Silasē is covered by cropland (53%) within 3 km, cropland (46%), shrubs (30%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and shrubs (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
324 m
16 km
1,293 m
80 km
2,940 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
December weather nearby: Indabaguna 20 km · Aksum 48 km · Sheraro 50 km · Adwa 67 km · Intich’o 95 km · Ābīy Ādī 96 km · Mendefera 104 km · Debark’ 113 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 Inda Silasē (14.1031°, 38.2829°, elevation 1,912 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).