Wik’ro weather in December

In December, Wik’ro sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 11 mm of rain across 3.1 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% 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 Wik’ro's 1st-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wik’ro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
3.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:42 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
25%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.1
out of 10

Wik’ro is human settlement.

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 21°C through the month.

A typical December day in Wik’ro reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 12°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)Avg low (°C)
1219
2219
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Wik’ro 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
Jan21° / 215.611.37.7
Feb23° / 10°225.711.57.9
Mar24° / 11°5210.911.97.2
Apr24° / 13°7512.912.36.9
May25° / 13°62812.67.5
Jun24° / 13°14413.112.86.4
Jul21° / 13°48729.712.73.7
Aug21° / 13°48030.312.53.6
Sep22° / 12°9511.612.16.7
Oct22° / 11°163.111.78.2
Nov21° / 10°183.711.48.1
Dec21° / 113.111.28.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18614
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Wik’ro gets around 11 mm of rain over 3.1 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 11% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
112
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311
411
510
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79
89
99
109
119
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139
149
159
1610
1710
1810
1910
2011
2111
2211
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2512
2612
2712
2812
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3013
3113

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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
51000
61000
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Wind in December

Winds average 8 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

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 6:34 AM to 6:49 AM, and sunset from 5:49 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:345:49
211.26:355:49
311.26:355:49
411.26:365:49
511.26:365:50
611.26:375:50
711.26:375:50
811.26:385:51
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1011.26:395:51
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1211.26:405:52
1311.26:405:52
1411.26:415:53
1511.26:425:53
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1711.26:435:54
1811.26:435:54
1911.26:445:55
2011.26:445:55
2111.26:455:56
2211.26:455:56
2311.26:455:57
2411.26:465:57
2511.26:465:58
2611.26:475:58
2711.26:475:59
2811.26:485:59
2911.26:486:00
3011.26:486:00
3111.26:496:01

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.12 kWh/m² to a high of 7.01 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.69 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Wik’ro

In seasonPeak

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

Wik’ro's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Wik’ro sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

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

Is December a good time to visit Wik’ro?

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

8.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Wik’ro for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Wik’ro in December

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

In December, Wik’ro sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Wik’ro 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 Wik’ro peaks around March 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 20UV 15Dec 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Wik’ro 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 Wik’ro is worst in June — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1731 µg/m³Nov 1422 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun31Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Wik’ro?

Wik’ro sits at 13.8°N, 39.6°E, 2,002 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Dolo, 33 km away.

Aksum

Topography around Wik’ro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wik’ro has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 399 m around an average of 2,038 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,004 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,408 m.

The land around Wik’ro is covered by cropland (47%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and shrubs (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (28%), grassland (25%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
399 m
16 km
1,004 m
80 km
3,408 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Dolo 33 km · Mekele 36 km · Idaga Hamus 44 km · Ādīgrat 56 km · Intich’o 73 km · Ābīy Ādī 73 km · Adwa 86 km · Aksum 102 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 Wik’ro (13.7952°, 39.603°, elevation 2,002 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).