Welench’ītī weather in December

In December, Welench’ītī sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1.1 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Welench’ītī's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Welench’ītī's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
12th warmest
Overnight low
14°
1st coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
1.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:33 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
26%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.4
out of 10

Welench’ītī is city in Ethiopia.

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 27°C through the month.

A typical December day in Welench’ītī reaches about 27°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 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Welench’ītī

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.

Welench’ītī weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 14°61.611.67.9
Feb30° / 16°81.911.76.5
Mar31° / 18°245.211.95.3
Apr31° / 19°336.812.24.8
May32° / 19°26512.44.7
Jun31° / 19°28912.54.5
Jul30° / 18°8422.312.54.0
Aug29° / 18°1122512.33.8
Sep30° / 18°5612.912.15.0
Oct30° / 17°132.711.86.5
Nov28° / 15°101.811.67.6
Dec27° / 14°41.111.58.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Welench’ītī gets around 4 mm of rain over 1.1 wet days in December, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 4% and peaks near 6% 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 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in December

Winds average 9 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 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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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 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 5:58 PM to 6:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:265:58
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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 5.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.59 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.89 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Welench’ītī

In seasonPeak

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

Welench’ītī sees seasonal dust haze (June), heaviest in June.

Dust
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Is December a good time to visit Welench’ītī?

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

8.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Welench’ītī in December

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

In December, Welench’ītī sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Welench’ītī 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 Welench’ītī peaks around March 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 10 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 18UV 15Dec 10UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Welench’ītī 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 Welench’ītī is worst in June — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 22 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJun 1937 µg/m³Nov 2222 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun38Poor
Jul34Moderate
Aug31Moderate
Sep35Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Welench’ītī?

Welench’ītī sits at 8.7°N, 39.4°E, 1,460 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Adama, 22 km away.

Topography around Welench’ītī

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Welench’ītī has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 219 m around an average of 1,464 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,266 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,204 m.

The land around Welench’ītī is covered by cropland (78%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) and shrubs (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (60%) and shrubs (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
219 m
16 km
1,266 m
80 km
3,204 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
December weather nearby: Adama 22 km · Wenjī 29 km · Wonji 33 km · Mojo 35 km · Sīrē 39 km · Bishoftu 51 km · Huruta 58 km · Metahāra 59 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 Welench’ītī (8.6667°, 39.4333°, elevation 1,460 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).