Welk’īt’ē weather in December

In December, Welk’īt’ē sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1.2 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 12th-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 61% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Welk’īt’ē's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Welk’īt’ē's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
5th warmest
Overnight low
13°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
1.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:39 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover
33%
1st clearest
Wind
6 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.2
out of 10

Welk’īt’ē is place in Ethiopia.

Density
7,524/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 Welk’īt’ē reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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Welk’īt’ē weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 14°81.911.67.5
Feb30° / 15°112.611.76.3
Mar30° / 16°427.811.95.4
Apr29° / 17°8213.212.25.0
May27° / 16°18520.712.44.9
Jun24° / 15°18727.712.54.1
Jul22° / 15°21429.212.43.8
Aug22° / 15°22228.912.33.8
Sep23° / 14°29428.5124.0
Oct26° / 13°9711.411.86.7
Nov27° / 13°17311.67.9
Dec28° / 13°41.211.58.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%.

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

Any precipitation

Welk’īt’ē gets around 4 mm of rain over 1.2 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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Rain chance (%)
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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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1919
2919
3928
4937
5937
6946
7946
8955
9955
10955
11964
12964
13964
14964
15973
16973
17973
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21973
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25973
26964
27964
28964
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31964

Wind in December

Winds average 6 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
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66calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 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 shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:326:05
211.56:336:05
311.56:336:06
411.56:336:06
511.56:346:06
611.56:346:07
711.56:356:07
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1611.56:396:11
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1911.56:416:12
2011.56:416:12
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2211.56:426:13
2311.56:436:14
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2511.56:446:15
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2711.56:456:16
2811.56:456:16
2911.56:456:17
3011.56:466:17
3111.56:466:18

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.64 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Welk’īt’ē

In seasonPeak

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

Welk’īt’ē's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is December a good time to visit Welk’īt’ē?

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
8.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Welk’īt’ē in December

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

In December, Welk’īt’ē sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 13°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Welk’īt’ē in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Welk’īt’ē peaks around March 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 19UV 15Nov 23UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Welk’īt’ē 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 Welk’īt’ē is worst in January — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (August, 32 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorJan 1657 µg/m³Aug 1233 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan58Unhealthy
Feb54Poor
Mar45Poor
Apr39Poor
May35Poor
Jun37Poor
Jul34Moderate
Aug32Moderate
Sep38Poor
Oct48Poor
Nov50Poor
Dec54Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Welk’īt’ē?

Welk’īt’ē sits at 8.3°N, 37.8°E, 1,855 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Waliso, 34 km away.

Topography around Welk’īt’ē

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Welk’īt’ē.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Welk’īt’ē has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 225 m around an average of 1,839 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 881 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,703 m.

The land around Welk’īt’ē is covered by cropland (45%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) within 80 km.

3 km
225 m
16 km
881 m
80 km
2,703 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Waliso 34 km · Tulu Bolo 64 km · Worabe 65 km · Butajīra 67 km · Ciro 70 km · Guder 76 km · Hāgere Hiywet 78 km · Insēno 79 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 Welk’īt’ē (8.2833°, 37.7833°, elevation 1,855 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).