Esim weather in December

In December, Esim sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 63 mm of rain across 17.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-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 41% of the time in December, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of December to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Esim's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Esim's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
4th warmest
Overnight low
26°
9th coldest
Rainfall
63 mm
17.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:14 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover
50%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Esim is coastal town in Western Region, Ghana.

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 Esim reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°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 Esim

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Esim weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 26°5114.311.75.7
Feb28° / 26°6316.411.84.8
Mar29° / 26°10622.2124.0
Apr29° / 26°12923.712.13.7
May28° / 26°24028.412.23.4
Jun27° / 25°27526.112.33.9
Jul26° / 24°11420.512.35.0
Aug25° / 24°6816.512.25.6
Sep26° / 24°11820.2125.0
Oct27° / 25°11624.611.94.4
Nov28° / 26°9323.111.84.3
Dec28° / 26°6317.711.75.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26337
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Esim gets around 63 mm of rain over 17.7 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 57% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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268
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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the miserable band about 61% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of December to 11 h 42 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 6:07 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:075:51
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411.76:085:52
511.76:085:52
611.76:095:53
711.76:095:53
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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 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.26 kWh/m² to a high of 5.71 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Esim

In seasonPeak

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

Esim's rainy season runs April–June, when most of the year's rain falls.

Esim sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

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

Is December a good time to visit Esim?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Esim for sightseeing.

What to pack for Esim in December

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

In December, Esim sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Esim in December

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) is warmest in May at about 29°C and coldest in August near 24°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

22°24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar28Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul25Warm
Aug24Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov28Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Esim 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 Esim peaks around April 9 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 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 highExtremeVery highApr 9UV 14Jul 17UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul8Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Esim 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 Esim is worst in January — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 8.5× the cleanest month (September, 6 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateGoodModerateJan 1852 µg/m³Sep 236 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan54Poor
Feb43Poor
Mar23Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May12Good
Jun13Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep6Good
Oct6Good
Nov11Good
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Esim?

Esim sits at 4.9°N, 2.2°W, 8 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Takoradi, 53 km away.

TakoradiSekondi-TakoradiTarkwaSekondiPresteaShama JunctionEluboElmina

Topography around Esim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Esim has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 387 m.

The land around Esim is covered by water (48%) and trees (41%) within 3 km, water (49%) and trees (47%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and water (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
110 m
80 km
387 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
December weather nearby: Takoradi 53 km · Sekondi-Takoradi 54 km · Tarkwa 56 km · Sekondi 59 km · Prestea 64 km · Shama Junction 66 km · Elubo 74 km · Elmina 102 km

Ghana travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,257
2025
Happiness
4.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
43%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
25.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 540
Religion
Christian 71%Muslim 20%other 5%traditionalist 3%

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 Esim (4.8664°, -2.2418°, elevation 8 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).