Gabú weather in December

In December, Gabú sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-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 49% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of December to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Gabú's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gabú's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
19°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
7:15 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover
43%
5th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Gabú is city in Guinea-Bissau.

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 Gabú reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 14°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 Gabú

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.

Gabú weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 19°00.111.44.0
Feb36° / 21°00.111.62.6
Mar38° / 23°00.111.91.5
Apr38° / 25°00.112.31.1
May38° / 26°112.212.61.4
Jun34° / 25°8111.812.72.6
Jul31° / 24°25824.612.62.8
Aug30° / 24°3342812.42.7
Sep31° / 23°2532512.12.7
Oct33° / 24°10715.211.73.3
Nov33° / 21°122.311.44.0
Dec33° / 19°10.211.34.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26337
36337
46337
56337
66238
76238
86337
96337
106337
116238
126337
136337
146337
156337
166337
176337
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Gabú gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
12
22
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42
52
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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 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 15% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12717202016
22918191915
33119191813
43420191711
53620181610
6382118158
7412117147
8432117136
9452116135
10472116124
11492115114
12502115113
13522014113
14532014112
15551913112
16561913111
17581812111
18591811111
19601711111
20621710110
2165169100
2265169100
2367158100
246815890
257014790
267214680
277313680
287513570
297712560
307712560
317812550

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 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of December to 11 h 18 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 7:07 AM to 7:21 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:39 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.37:076:27
211.37:076:27
311.37:086:27
411.37:086:27
511.37:096:28
611.37:096:28
711.37:106:28
811.37:106:29
911.37:116:29
1011.37:116:29
1111.37:126:30
1211.37:136:30
1311.37:136:30
1411.37:146:31
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1611.37:156:32
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1811.37:166:32
1911.37:166:33
2011.37:176:33
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2711.37:206:37
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2911.37:216:38
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3111.37:216:39

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.14 kWh/m² to a high of 7.04 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.33 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Gabú

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

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

Is December a good time to visit Gabú?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Gabú in December

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

In December, Gabú sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Gabú 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 Gabú peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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 highAug 18UV 13Dec 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Gabú 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 Gabú is worst in May — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.8× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModeratePoorMay 1576 µg/m³Aug 1914 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan51Poor
Feb73Unhealthy
Mar63Unhealthy
Apr54Poor
May80Unhealthy
Jun35Poor
Jul18Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov37Poor
Dec49Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Gabú?

Gabú sits at 12.3°N, 14.2°W, 64 m above sea level, in Guinea-Bissau. The nearest listed city is Bafatá, 49 km away.

BafatáXitoleKoumbiaWendou Borou

Topography around Gabú

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gabú has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 60 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 314 m.

The land around Gabú is covered by trees (61%) within 3 km, trees (77%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
70 m
80 km
314 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Bafatá 49 km · Diaoubé 71 km · Kamabi 89 km · Xitole 89 km · Koumbia 95 km · Vélingara 97 km · Wendou Borou 101 km · Koundara 103 km

Guinea-Bissau travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,124
2025
Safe drinking water
24%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
32.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 46%folk religions 31%Christian 19%other or unaffiliated 4%

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 Gabú (12.28°, -14.2222°, elevation 64 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).