Douako weather in December

In December, Douako sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°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 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Douako's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Douako's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:54 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover
36%
3rd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Douako is human settlement in Guinea.

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 32°C through the month.

A typical December day in Douako reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C warmer than November and about 1°C cooler than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Douako

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 22 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
22
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.

Douako 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
Jan33° / 20°5111.54.5
Feb35° / 22°71.311.73.2
Mar36° / 24°315.511.92.5
Apr34° / 24°7511.712.22.8
May32° / 23°16220.312.43.1
Jun30° / 22°22124.712.63.2
Jul28° / 22°26426.912.53.4
Aug28° / 21°29827.512.33.6
Sep29° / 21°30527.212.13.1
Oct30° / 21°25726.611.83.1
Nov31° / 20°618.111.64.6
Dec32° / 19°40.911.45.0

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 17% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16931
26931
37030
47030
57030
67129
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Douako gets around 4 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 4% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 16% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1211620385
2231720364
3261720343
4281819323
5311819303
6331819282
7351819262
8381918242
9401918221
10421918201
11441918181
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13481817161
14501817141
15521816131
16531816121
17541816111
18561815101
1957181591
2058181581
2161171471
2263171361
2363171361
2466161251
2567161151
2669151141
2771151040
287314940
297414930
307513930
317613830

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 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 shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:46 AM to 7:01 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:466:15
211.56:476:15
311.56:476:15
411.56:486:15
511.56:486:16
611.56:496:16
711.56:496:16
811.46:506:17
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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 5.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.33 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.58 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Douako

In seasonPeak

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

Douako's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is December a good time to visit Douako?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Douako in December

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

In December, Douako sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Douako in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Douako peaks around August 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 22UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Douako 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 Douako is worst in February — around 107 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 12.2× the cleanest month (August, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModeratePoorFeb 18107 µg/m³Aug 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan104Unhealthy
Feb107Unhealthy
Mar106Unhealthy
Apr75Unhealthy
May25Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul11Good
Aug9Good
Sep11Good
Oct19Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Douako?

Douako sits at 9.7°N, 10.2°W, 491 m above sea level, in Guinea. The nearest listed city is Albadéria, 22 km away.

KissidougouFaranahYende MillimouKouroussaKankanBankoGueckedou

Topography around Douako

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Douako has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 502 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 297 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 584 m.

The land around Douako is covered by trees (45%), shrubs (33%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and shrubs (35%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
134 m
16 km
297 m
80 km
584 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Albadéria 22 km · Kissidougou 62 km · Faranah 70 km · Yende Millimou 94 km · Kouroussa 107 km · Kankan 120 km · Banko 124 km · Gueckedou 130 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 Douako (9.7333°, -10.1833°, elevation 491 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).