Nalerigu weather in December

In December, Nalerigu sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 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 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% 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 Nalerigu's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nalerigu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
6th warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:16 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover
27%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Nalerigu is Capital town of North East 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 33°C through the month.

A typical December day in Nalerigu reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°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)
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How December really feels in Nalerigu

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.

Nalerigu 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
Jan33° / 21°00.111.54.5
Feb36° / 23°40.811.72.8
Mar38° / 26°163.211.91.5
Apr37° / 27°478.512.21.7
May34° / 25°7512.512.52.7
Jun32° / 24°7613.412.63.6
Jul30° / 23°16622.412.63.6
Aug29° / 23°24426.912.33.4
Sep30° / 23°17421.512.13.7
Oct32° / 23°6411.311.84.0
Nov34° / 21°50.811.53.8
Dec33° / 20°0011.44.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. 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

Nalerigu gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1631412101
265141191
369131080
47113970
57312960
67611850
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87910740
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Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 6:08 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 5:34 PM to 5:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:085:34
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311.46:095:35
411.46:105:35
511.46:105:35
611.46:115:36
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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 5.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.46 kWh/m² to a high of 6.51 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.81 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Nalerigu

In seasonPeak

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

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

Nalerigu sees seasonal dust haze (January–June), heaviest in March.

Monsoon
Dust
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Dec

Is December a good time to visit Nalerigu?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Nalerigu for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Nalerigu in December

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

In December, Nalerigu sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Nalerigu in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nalerigu peaks around March 24 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 24UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Nalerigu 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 Nalerigu is worst in January — around 82 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.4× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 2282 µg/m³Aug 915 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan82Unhealthy
Feb82Unhealthy
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr41Poor
May22Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov53Poor
Dec78Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Nalerigu?

Nalerigu sits at 10.5°N, 0.4°W, 353 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Bolgatanga, 60 km away.

BolgatangaBawkuDapaongSinkasséCinkanséZabréBittouNavrongo

Topography around Nalerigu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nalerigu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m around an average of 345 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 341 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 412 m.

The land around Nalerigu is covered by cropland (66%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
128 m
16 km
341 m
80 km
412 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Bolgatanga 60 km · Bawku 61 km · Dapaong 73 km · Sinkassé 76 km · Cinkansé 78 km · Zabré 78 km · Bittou 82 km · Navrongo 89 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 Nalerigu (10.5273°, -0.3698°, elevation 353 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).