Were Īlu weather in December

In December, Were Īlu sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 16 mm of rain across 3.7 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 Were Īlu's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Were Īlu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 16 mm; 3.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:37 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover: 35%; 1st clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Were Īlu is place in Amhara, 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 20°C through the month.

A typical December day in Were Īlu reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	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

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

Were Īlu weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 7th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 8°	37	7.7	11.4	7.0
Feb	22° / 9°	49	8.9	11.7	6.9
Mar	22° / 10°	170	16.1	11.9	5.9
Apr	22° / 10°	138	14.8	12.2	6.0
May	23° / 11°	61	8.8	12.5	7.1
Jun	22° / 12°	83	17.5	12.6	5.7
Jul	19° / 11°	376	30.7	12.6	3.3
Aug	18° / 11°	414	30.9	12.3	3.3
Sep	19° / 10°	175	22.3	12.1	4.5
Oct	20° / 8°	35	5.3	11.8	7.2
Nov	20° / 7°	18	3.3	11.5	7.8
Dec	20° / 7°	16	3.7	11.4	7.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%. 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 (%)	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	78	78	78	77	77	77	76	76	74	74	73	73	72	72	72	71	70	70
Cloudier (%)	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	29	30	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	71	29
30	70	30
31	70	30

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Were Īlu gets around 16 mm of rain over 3.7 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 12% and peaks near 16% 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 (%)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16

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

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 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
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11	6	calm
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29	5	calm
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 6:29 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 6:07 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)	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	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	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:44
Sunset (PM)	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:29	5:55
2	11.4	6:30	5:55
3	11.4	6:30	5:55
4	11.4	6:31	5:56
5	11.4	6:31	5:56
6	11.4	6:32	5:56
7	11.4	6:32	5:56
8	11.4	6:33	5:57
9	11.4	6:33	5:57
10	11.4	6:34	5:58
11	11.4	6:34	5:58
12	11.4	6:35	5:58
13	11.4	6:35	5:59
14	11.4	6:36	5:59
15	11.4	6:36	6:00
16	11.4	6:37	6:00
17	11.4	6:37	6:00
18	11.4	6:38	6:01
19	11.4	6:38	6:01
20	11.4	6:39	6:02
21	11.4	6:39	6:02
22	11.4	6:40	6:03
23	11.4	6:40	6:03
24	11.4	6:41	6:04
25	11.4	6:41	6:04
26	11.4	6:42	6:05
27	11.4	6:42	6:05
28	11.4	6:43	6:06
29	11.4	6:43	6:06
30	11.4	6:43	6:07
31	11.4	6:44	6:07

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.72 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.8 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)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	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
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	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	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 Were Īlu

In seasonPeak

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

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

Were Īlu 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 Were Īlu?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Were Īlu for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Were Īlu in December

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

In December, Were Īlu sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Were Īlu 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 Were Īlu peaks around March 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 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)	13	14	16	15	14	13	11	15	13	14	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Were Īlu 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 Were Īlu is worst in June — 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)	32	32	34	32	36	45	40	40	42	31	29	31
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	32	Moderate
Feb	32	Moderate
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	32	Moderate
May	36	Poor
Jun	45	Poor
Jul	40	Poor
Aug	40	Poor
Sep	42	Poor
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	31	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Were Īlu?

Were Īlu sits at 10.6°N, 39.4°E, 2,699 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Mehal Mēda, 39 km away.

Topography around Were Īlu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Were Īlu has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 680 m around an average of 2,579 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,152 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,346 m.

The land around Were Īlu is covered by cropland (61%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (52%) and shrubs (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

680 m

cropland 61%

16 km

1,152 m

cropland 61%

80 km

3,346 m

cropland 52%

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

December weather nearby: Mehal Mēda 39 km · Kemisē 49 km · Harbu 53 km · Āt’aye 61 km · Kombolcha 64 km · Dessie 64 km · ‘Alem Ketema 72 km · Kobo 77 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 Were Īlu (10.5896°, 39.4377°, elevation 2,699 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	20	7
2	20	7
3	20	7
4	20	7
5	20	7
6	20	7
7	20	7
8	20	7
9	20	7
10	20	7
11	20	7
12	20	7
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	20	7
18	20	7
19	20	7
20	20	7
21	20	7
22	20	7
23	20	7
24	20	7
25	20	7
26	20	7
27	20	7
28	20	7
29	20	7
30	20	7
31	20	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	71	29
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	71	29
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	71	29
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

	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