Dinguiraye weather in December

In December, Dinguiraye sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°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 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Dinguiraye's 3rd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dinguiraye's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
6th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:59 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
37%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Dinguiraye is small town in northern Guinea.

Founded
1849

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 Dinguiraye 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 30°C and 35°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 Dinguiraye

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.

Dinguiraye 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° / 19°10.311.44.8
Feb35° / 21°10.211.63.3
Mar37° / 24°41.111.91.9
Apr38° / 26°143.412.21.4
May35° / 25°7412.812.52.2
Jun31° / 23°19123.412.63.0
Jul29° / 22°2522612.63.3
Aug29° / 22°28227.712.43.2
Sep30° / 21°23625.412.13.2
Oct31° / 21°11719.111.73.5
Nov33° / 20°122.311.54.3
Dec33° / 19°00.111.44.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17030
27030
37030
47030
57030
67030
77030
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106931
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Dinguiraye 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 0% 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 88% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
16620104
2691993
3711883
4741772
5761662
6771562
7801451
8821341
9831331
10841231
11861121
12871021
13881020
1489920
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2295410
2396310
2497300
2598200
2698200
2798200
2899100
2999100
3098110
3198110

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
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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 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:51 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:516:14
211.46:526:14
311.46:526:15
411.46:536:15
511.46:536:15
611.46:546:16
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1111.46:566:17
1211.36:576:18
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1411.36:586:18
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1611.36:596:19
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1911.37:006:21
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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 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.79 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.61 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Dinguiraye

In seasonPeak

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

Dinguiraye's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Dinguiraye 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 Dinguiraye?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Dinguiraye in December

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Dinguiraye 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 Dinguiraye peaks around March 17 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 17UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Dinguiraye 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 Dinguiraye is worst in April — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.2× the cleanest month (August, 11 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateModeratePoorApr 1058 µg/m³Aug 1712 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan56Unhealthy
Feb58Unhealthy
Mar56Unhealthy
Apr58Unhealthy
May29Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep15Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov37Poor
Dec54Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Dinguiraye?

Dinguiraye sits at 11.3°N, 10.7°W, 432 m above sea level, in Guinea. The nearest listed city is Bissikrima, 55 km away.

BissikrimaBankoDabolaArfa MoussaïaDogometSagaloTouguéKouroussa

Topography around Dinguiraye

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dinguiraye has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 254 m around an average of 452 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 526 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 800 m.

The land around Dinguiraye is covered by grassland (49%) within 3 km, grassland (45%), shrubs (24%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
254 m
16 km
526 m
80 km
800 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Bissikrima 55 km · Banko 64 km · Dabola 75 km · Arfa Moussaïa 92 km · Dogomet 93 km · Sagalo 101 km · Tougué 105 km · Kouroussa 115 km

Guinea travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F / K
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,877
2025
Happiness
4.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
29.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 85%Christian 13%none 1%animist 0%

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 Dinguiraye (11.2906°, -10.7121°, elevation 432 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).