Jirapa weather in December

In December, Jirapa sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% 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 Jirapa's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jirapa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
6th warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:25 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover
28%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Jirapa is human settlement in Jirapa/Lambussie District, Upper West 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 34°C through the month.

A typical December day in Jirapa reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 36°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 Jirapa

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.

Jirapa weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 6th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 20°10.211.53.9
Feb36° / 23°30.611.72.4
Mar38° / 26°163.411.91.3
Apr37° / 26°499.412.21.6
May35° / 25°7513.412.52.5
Jun32° / 24°8214.712.63.4
Jul30° / 23°14320.612.63.7
Aug29° / 23°22024.412.33.5
Sep30° / 23°1552112.13.6
Oct33° / 23°6511.111.83.7
Nov35° / 22°51.311.53.2
Dec34° / 20°00.111.43.9

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Jirapa gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 0% and peaks near 1% 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 90% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
170141051
27213951
37512841
47611841
57910731
6819730
7838720
8857620
9866620
10876610
11895510
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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
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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 6:18 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 5:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:185:43
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311.46:195:44
411.46:195:44
511.46:205:45
611.46:205:45
711.46:215:45
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1911.46:275:50
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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 5.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.57 kWh/m² to a high of 6.47 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.78 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Jirapa

In seasonPeak

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

Jirapa's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Jirapa sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in March.

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

Is December a good time to visit Jirapa?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Jirapa. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Jirapa in December

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

In December, Jirapa sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Jirapa in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jirapa peaks around March 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 18UV 14Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Jirapa 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 Jirapa is worst in December — around 66 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.6× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyDec 1764 µg/m³Aug 1312 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan52Poor
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar47Poor
Apr39Poor
May21Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep16Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov51Poor
Dec66Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Jirapa?

Jirapa sits at 10.5°N, 2.7°W, 316 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Wa, 57 km away.

WaGaouaDiébougouBatiéDanoLéoDoropoFara Department

Topography around Jirapa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jirapa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 302 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 373 m.

The land around Jirapa is covered by cropland (56%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (47%) and cropland (39%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%), shrubs (25%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
54 m
16 km
117 m
80 km
373 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Wa 57 km · Gaoua 57 km · Diébougou 76 km · Batié 76 km · Dano 78 km · Léo 90 km · Doropo 107 km · Fara Department 111 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 Jirapa (10.5369°, -2.7016°, elevation 316 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).