Salaga weather in December

In December, Salaga sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 69% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Salaga's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salaga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:13 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover
29%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Salaga 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 34°C through the month.

A typical December day in Salaga reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 11°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Salaga

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.

Salaga weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 23°40.811.63.7
Feb36° / 25°132.211.72.5
Mar36° / 26°346.811.92.0
Apr35° / 26°569.712.22.4
May34° / 25°7011.612.42.9
Jun31° / 25°8314.612.53.7
Jul30° / 24°15220.412.43.8
Aug29° / 24°20623.512.33.6
Sep30° / 24°20625.112.13.2
Oct31° / 24°1051611.83.7
Nov34° / 24°173.311.63.8
Dec34° / 23°30.911.53.9

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 (%)
18119
28119
38119
48119
58119
68218
78119
88119
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Salaga gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.9 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 3% and peaks near 5% 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 35% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 48% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1106624522
2126624511
3136724491
4156724471
5177723451
6187823440
7207823420
8227822410
9237922390
10257921370
11268921360
12288920340
13308920330
14318920310
15339920300
16349920280
17369920260
18389919240
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224510919170
23479919150
24509918130
25529918120
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2857991780
2959891770
3061891660
31608101660

Wind in December

Winds average 7 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
147calm
157calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 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 6:06 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 5:50 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:065:38
211.56:065:38
311.56:075:39
411.56:075:39
511.56:085:39
611.56:085:39
711.56:095:40
811.56:095:40
911.56:105:41
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1911.56:155:45
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3011.56:205:50
3111.56:205:50

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.67 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Salaga

In seasonPeak

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

Salaga's monsoon runs July–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is December a good time to visit Salaga?

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 Salaga. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Salaga in December

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

In December, Salaga sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Salaga 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 Salaga peaks around April 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 15UV 13Dec 23UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7High
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Salaga 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 Salaga is worst in December — around 157 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 9.9× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyDec 20150 µg/m³Aug 2416 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan122Unhealthy
Feb78Unhealthy
Mar39Poor
Apr36Poor
May20Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov43Poor
Dec157Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Salaga?

Salaga sits at 8.6°N, 0.5°W, 163 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Yegyi, 39 km away.

BimbilaDambaiTamaleAtebubuYendiSaveluguKintampo

Topography around Salaga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salaga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 155 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m.

The land around Salaga is covered by cropland (30%), grassland (28%) and shrubs (26%) within 3 km, grassland (47%) and shrubs (32%) within 16 km, and shrubs (39%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
53 m
16 km
102 m
80 km
186 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Yegyi 39 km · Bimbila 72 km · Dambai 94 km · Tamale 101 km · Atebubu 102 km · Yendi 114 km · Savelugu 124 km · Kintampo 144 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 Salaga (8.5508°, -0.5188°, elevation 163 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).